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US Home Sales, Economy: January 2016
As existing home sales in the US weakened due to limited inventory, home building-related activity improved in February, albeit modestly, said the National Association of Home Builders Eye on Housing Thursday. Builder sentiment, as measured by the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index stands at a level of 58 as of March, consistent with a generally…
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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 .
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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,…
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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…
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FHFA and S&P/Case-Shiller US Home Prices in November: Nov 2015
The Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices Monday, rose at a 10.9 per cent seasonally adjusted annual pace in November. The Home Price Index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.7 per cent in November.
