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US Home Builders Report Lumber Shortages: May 2017
According to the May 2017 survey for the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, out Tuesday, the availability of building materials, especially framing lumber, significantly jumped on the list of homebuilder concerns, revealing that 21 per cent of single-family builder respondents reported a shortage of framing lumber. US LUMBER SHORTAGES: MAY 2017 This is a striking…
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US Residential Construction Spending and Investment: May and 1Q 2017
National Association of Home Builders analysis of Census Construction Spending Wednesday data shows that total private residential construction spending in the US fell -0.6 per cent in May, the first decline after a strong start this year and the largest one since June 2014. Elsewhere, final estimates of 1Q 2017 GDP growth (revised up two-tenths…
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US House Prices, Pending Home Sales: April & May 17
The S&P/Case-Shiller and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Tuesday released their respective home price indices for April. National home prices increased at a more moderate annual growth rate, while local home price gains varied. US House Prices, Pending Home Sales: April & May 17 The Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index, reported by S&P…
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US New and Existing Home Sales, Inventory: May 2017
Contracts for new home sales expanded by 2.9 per cent in May to a 610,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to estimates from the joint data release of HUD and the US Census Bureau Friday. The report also noted a strong upward revision for the April rate of sales, increasing from a 569,000 annual pace…
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US Housing Starts: May 2017
Total housing starts in the US declined in May after a few, strong early months to begin 2017. Total starts were down 5.5 per cent, falling to a 1.092 million seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to the joint data release from the Census Bureau and HUD Friday. Declines were recorded for both single-family and multifamily…
