Sales of new single-family houses during January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 657,000, according to estimates published by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. January’s sales activity was 10.5% below the revised...
Sales of new single-family houses during October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 610,000, according to estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This represented a 17.3% drop from the revised...
Housing industry economists had mixed views of today’s data report from the U.S. Department of Labor that found the economy added more jobs than anticipated. During May, nonfarm payrolls expanded by 272,000, up from 165,000 in April and higher than a Dow Jones...
This morning’s Labor Department data on the addition of 175,000 jobs in April and an uptick in the unemployment rate to 3.9% brought a mixed reaction from economists focused on the housing market. “An economy that is too hot is not good for interest rates,” said...
Single‐family housing starts in March were at a rate of 1.02 million, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 12.4% below the revised February figure of 1.16 million. Privately‐owned housing starts in...