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Showing posts with label new home building. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2018

April construction spending up 7.6 percent year-on-year, supported largely by new homes

April spending on new home construction rise by its highest amount in 24 years (+4.5%), and overall construction spending rose to a record level of $1.31 trillion.  This new spending level was up 7.6% year-on-year and 1.8% from the previous month.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

November building permits dip 1.4 percent from October but still up 3.4 percent year-on-year

Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,298,000. This is 1.4 percent below the revised October rate of 1,316,000, but is 3.4 percent above the November 2016 rate of 1,255,000.

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Builder confidence dips two points to 64 as lumber prices take a toll

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes slipped two points in July to a level of 64 from a downwardly revised June reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). It is the lowest reading since November 2016. 

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