Tag: US housing starts

  • US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015

    https://twitter.com/LumberNews @lumbernews US housing starts in February were 30.9% higher than in February a year ago, http://on.wsj.com/1UfE3us via @WSJ important for softwood lumber manufacturers in Canada & US is single-family starts up 24% compared to one year ago .

  • US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015

    https://twitter.com/LumberNews @lumbernews US housing starts in February were 30.9% higher than in February a year ago, http://on.wsj.com/1UfE3us  via @WSJ important for softwood lumber manufacturers in Canada & US is single-family starts up 24% compared to one year ago .

  • Price-to-Rent Ratio, US: Year-over-Year 2015

    The Case-Shiller National House Price Index increased 5.4 per cent year-over-year in December said the agency Tuesday. The year-over-year increase in prices is mostly moving sideways now around 5 per cent. In December 2015, the index was up 5.4 per cent. It has been almost ten years since the bubble peak. In the Case-Shiller release,…

  • US Housing Starts Index, Home Sales: January 2016

    US home building data for January showed declines for new home sales and housing construction said the National Association of Home Builders Wednesday. Builder confidence also declined but remains in positive territory. NAHB’s forecast is for continued, modest growth for single-family construction and a slowing of the growth rate for multifamily development in 2016. The…

  • Home Price Index, US: December 2015

    The Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices Thursday, slowed to a 9.8 per cent seasonally adjusted annual growth rate in December, from 10.4 per cent in November. The Home Price Index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.5 per cent in…