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Housing starts faltered in September amid supply constraints

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Multifamily housing starts dipped 1.6 percent in September following a month in which the sector delivered surprising gains while single-family housing starts remained steady from the previous month. Continue reading →

New home sales see modest gains for second consecutive month

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Sales of newly built single-family homes hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 740,000 in August 2021, up 1.5 percent from the revised July rate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading →

Multifamily housing starts deliver August surprise; single-family falls

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Privately owned housing starts beat expectations in August while single-family starts declined by nearly 3 percent, according to data issued Tuesday by the US Census Bureau. Continue reading →

Housing insecurity ticks down in most states, but some worse off

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Nationwide, the share of households behind on payments and worried about eviction or foreclosure has barely changed from a year ago. Continue reading →

LQBTQ+ community comes into focus in US Census report

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Just this month, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it would ask respondents their sexual orientation and gender identity when conducting its Household Pulse Survey. Here’s what the latest report revealed. Continue reading →

The eviction ban returned, but many renters are still at risk

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Renters continue to be impacted in very unequal ways by the economic fallout of the pandemic, and one big reason for that is where they live and how their local municipalities are handling the crisis. Continue reading →

How agents can nab new inventory as moratoriums expire

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It’s unclear exactly how many properties will be freed up after federal eviction and foreclosure moratoriums expire at the end of July. But whichever way it goes, agents will want to be prepared. Continue reading →

New home sales fall to 1-year low

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New home sales are still up 9.2 percent year over year but have been falling since March, likely as a result of high home prices due to the rising cost of construction materials like lumber. Continue reading →