Tag: us housing

  • New Home Sales, US

    In a joint release the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday that newly constructed single family homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 504 thousand in August, up 18 per cent from July and 33 per cent from August 2013. The supply of new homes available for sale…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • US New and Existing Home Sales: May

    New single-family home sales in the US reached the highest pace in six years in May. According to estimates from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Tuesday, new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000 in May, a gain of 18.6 per cent over a…

  • US Real Estate, Mortgages

    Asking home prices rose at their slowest rate in 13 months, rising just 8 per cent year-over-year, or 7.2 per cent excluding foreclosures, according to Trulia Thursday. Although this year-over-year increase is slower than in previous months, an 8 per cent increase is still far above the long-term historical norm for home-price appreciation, the agency…