Housing starts rose 2.2 percent month over month in April, as homebuyers increasingly turn to new construction to combat low inventory in the resale market, the US Census Bureau reported Wednesday. Continue reading
Builders pushed forward with more new single-family projects for the second month in a row, but remained far less active than last year, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading
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
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
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
The decline in housing starts, released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. was not as dramatic as a decrease posted in September when starts plunged 18 percent. Continue reading
Single-family projects took yet another beating in September, declining nearly 5 percent from the previous month and 18 percent year over year, according to data released Wednesday from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading
With sales already slipping off highs from earlier in the pandemic, a survey of builders released Tuesday by the National Association of Home Builders suggests the bleeding may have just begun. Continue reading
Monthly housing starts rose 12.2 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1,575,000, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday. August 2022 levels fell 0.1 percent year over year. Continue reading
Homebuilders are reporting shorter construction timelines and fewer supply-chain issues as they deal with a drop in demand for new houses, according to a survey of homebuilders by John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Continue reading