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What does 2010 hold in store for the Housing Market?

Dennis Norman

In a just a few days we will say goodbye to 2009; a year that has been brutal to the housing market. So as the new year comes in, what will 2010 hold in store for the housing market?

To answer this question I turned to the housing forecast just released by Fannie [...]

New home construction in the U.S. increases in November….but why?

New home construction is on the rise in November…. WHY??? They aren’t selling as fast as they are being built…didn’t we learn our lesson?

The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for November 2009 showing an increase in new home construction [...]

New homes started through October down 32.5 percent from last year; New home completions still outpacing sales by over 30 percent

Even with a decline in new home starts and completions, new home construction activity is still outpacing new home sales potentially leading to inventories increasing again.

The US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for October 2009 showing a decrease in new home [...]

New home construction increases in June

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for June 2009 showing an  increase in new home construction activity.

The report shows the following:

Building permits issued for single-family residences in June were at an annual rate of 430,000 which is [...]

New home construction in U.S. increases in May

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for May 2009 showing a slight increase in new home construction activity.

The report shows the following:

Building permits issued for single-family residences in May were at an annual rate of 408,000 which is a [...]

New Home Starts & Permits down lowest in over 50 years…

By: Dennis Norman

Last week the U.S. Census Bureau released new home data for January.  Once again, permits and housing starts were down. 

Building permits for January were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 521,000, 4.8% below December and over 50% below a year ago.  Housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 466,000, 16.8% below December [...]