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  • US Housing Starts: July 2015

    US home building ticked up in July thanks to a surge in construction of single-family homes. US housing starts rose 0.2 per cent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.21 million last month, the highest since October 2007, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That is the third time in four…

  • US Home Sales, Prices: May and June 2015

    The House Price Index (HPI) data reported by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) shows house prices rose at an annual growth rate of 5.4 per cent in May, higher than the 4.7 per cent in April and the 3.8 per cent in March. The Standard and Poor’s/Case-Shiller reported that the Home Price Index rose…

  • US Home Sales, Prices: June 2015

    New-home sales fell 6.8 per cent in June from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 482,000, the lowest reading since November 2014, the US Commerce Department said Friday. US new home sales fell 1.1 per cent in May, down from an initially reported 2.2 per cent increase. Sales jumped 28 per…

  • US Housing Starts: June 2015

    New-home construction in the U.S. climbed in June to the second-highest level since November 2007 as builders stepped up work on apartment projects. Housing starts rose 9.8 per cent to a 1.17 million annualized rate from a revised 1.07 million in May that was stronger than previously estimated, figures from the Commerce Department showed Friday…

  • US House Price Index

    This CoreLogic House Price Index report is for May. The recent Case-Shiller index release was for April. The CoreLogic HPI is a three month weighted average and is not seasonally adjusted (NSA). CoreLogic Reports National Homes Prices Rose by 6.3 Percent Year Over Year in May 2015 CoreLogic® … Tuesday released its May 2015 CoreLogic…