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US Home Sales
New-home sales in the US fell in June and May’s reading was revised significantly lower, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Sales of new single-family homes fell 8.1 per cent from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 406,000, Meanwhile, May sales were revised down to a rate of 442,000 from a previously estimated 504,000.…
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US Housing Market : Jan – June 2014
New data on US housing inventory, home prices and sales, and distressed mortgages was released this week. Mixed messages from US housing data released in June are being studied by home buyers, sellers, and industry experts. Mid-year releases issued from the National Association of Realtors, S&P/Case Shiller, Trulia, and other housing analysts show that the…
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Japan Housing Starts : December and Full-Year 2013
Total 2013 housing starts in Japan recovered to 980,025 units, up from a low in 2009 of 788,000 units, said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. This compares to 834,117 total starts for 2011, according to the February 12, 2012 issue of the Reports. That year starts improved by 2.6 per cent over 2010. Condominium…
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Housing Starts, Japan
On January 31, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced that housing starts in December were 89,578 units, up 18 per cent compared with the same month in 2013, exceeding the result in a year ago for 16 months, according to Japan Lumber Journal. The seasonally-adjusted annual rate was 1,055,000 units, recording the…
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Canada Housing Starts
The pace of Canadian housing starts slowed in January with a steep drop in multiple-unit homes, an indication builders are adjusting to a slowdown in buyers, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Monday. The agency estimates there were 11,737 actual housing starts in January and that is extrapolated to a seasonally adjusted annual…
