Apartment building construction soared 24 percent in February, lifting new housing starts overall despite a weak month for single-family builds, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading
A dip in mortgage rates and a backlog of empty homes helped power sales of newly constructed houses for the second-straight month in January, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading
Overall housing starts clocked in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,382,000, 1.4 percent below levels recorded in November, according to new data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading
New-home sales rose 5.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of 640,000, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development. Continue reading
Housing starts fell 0.5 percent below October levels, inching to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.43 million, while completions rose 10.8 percent month over month, according to U.S. Census Bureau data issued Tuesday. Continue reading
Sales of new single family homes clocked in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000 in August, up from 532,000 in July, according to new U.S. Census data released Tuesday. Continue reading
Spending on construction in the U.S. has been growing for years, but amid rising rates and a stalling market that trend appears to be coming to an end. Continue reading
Sales of new homes dropped in July to a seasonally adjusted rate of 511,000, which was 29.6 percent below the levels seen in July 2021, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading
Sales of new homes in June were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 590,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 8 percent below the May rate of 642,000. Continue reading
Sales of newly built homes shot up 10.7 percent from April to May, with 696,000 new homes sold over the course of the month, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading