Mortgage applications for new home purchases during November recorded a 21.8% year-over-year increase, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Compared to October 2023, applications were down by 12%. MBA estimated new single-family home...
Single‐family housing starts in November were at a rate of 1.14 million, the highest level in six months, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This represents an 18% increase from the revised October...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Over the past couple of weeks, there have been a number of forecasts about where the U.S. economy in general – and the housing market, in particular – will be heading in 2024. There are a few easy predictions that I can make. For starters, I can...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes inched up by three points to 37 in December, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) Housing Market Index (HMI). This uptick ends a four-month decline for...
The self storage industry is being impacted by the problems shaping the housing market, according to the latest Self Storage National Report from Yardi Matrix. The average annualized same-store asking rate per square foot for combined unit sizes and types averaged...
Home Price Growth Accelerates, but Inflation Keeps Values Down in Real Term…
