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Tag: US home building

  • US House Prices, New Home Sales Volatility

    The pace of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index index (equal to 100 in January 2000) rose from 136.7 in December 2011 to 179.4 in May of 2016. The monthly change between April and May was 0.2 per cent, or 2.3 per cent on an annualized basis, and the index is up…

  • US Existing Home Sales

    Total US existing-home sales climbed 1.1 per cent to 5.57 million in June, from a downwardly revised 5.51 million in May, said the National Association of Realtors Thursday. US Existing Home Sales Total existing-home US sales climbed 1.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million in June from a downwardly revised 5.51…

  • Housing Starts, US: June 2016

    US housing starts for June surged 4.8 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.19 million units, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday. May’s starts were revised down to a 1.14 million-unit pace from the previously reported 1.16 million-unit pace. US Housing Starts Housing starts in 2Q were a touch higher than the…

  • US Home Builder Share Prices Increase

    Very positive moves by share prices of two of the biggest US home builders, DR Horton and PulteGroup, Thursday — even before US housing starts data came out — provide further indication that the long-suffering US housing market is slowly continuing to improve. US Home Builder Share Prices Rise Even before new US housing start…

  • US Real Estate and Housing Market: Mid-2016 Update

    The latest data out of the US this week shows sales of new single-family homes likely grew at a rate of 530,000 units in June, up 8.6 per cent from a 488,000 annualized pace in May, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday. June’s estimated pace of sales was up 7 per cent from a year…