Times have certainly changed in the home building industry and experts predict more changes to come with a greater emphasis on customer service and satisfaction. More than half-a-century ago, housing starts totaled 1.9 million units, of which almost 1.7 million were single-family housing starts. In 1950 the average single-family home...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. housing market continued its long-anticipated cooling off during April as sales of existing homes and housing starts both headed south for a second straight month. Bucking the trend, at least for now, sales of costly new ...
This article extends earlier research on the predictability of residential construction activity in regional housing markets. This category of forecasts is used in numerous banking, government, utility, and retail applications. To analyze forecast accuracy, quarterly frequency data are assembled from previously published econometric forecasts for Florida and its six largest...
The outlook for the single-family and multifamily housing starts looks bright for 1999 despite a slight decline in the number of single-family housing starts in Dec 1998. Single-family starts plummeted by 0.7% to 1.357 over the same period in 1997 while mThe outlook for the single-family and multifamily housing starts...
The National Association of Home Builders has boosted its 1999 housing starts forecast to 1.627 million units, a gain over the record 1.622 million homes and apartments built in 1998. So far this year, housing starts are up in all parts of the c...
Business Times Malaysia 06-19-2000 THE US Commerce Department reported that housing starts fell more sharply than expected by 3.9 per cent in May to 1.592 million units as compared to 1.656 million units in April. Earlier on,...
Washington -- Helped by persistently low mortgage rates, the broad U.S. housing market held relatively steady during May, holding on to last month's gains, with housing starts and new home sales advancing, while sales of lower-priced existing homes Washington -- Helped by persistently low...
Experts expect housing starts to slow throughout the nation, but builders in some areas see only steady growth. Rising interest rates and slower economic growth will contribute to an overall decline in housing starts next year, industry experts sa Experts expect housing starts...
Byline: Sheena Harrison Masco Corp. lowered its earnings projections for 2006, citing fewer orders for building products and services and an expected 20 percent decline in housing starts through the end of the year. In a statement issued Wednesd Byline: Sheena...
Housing starts improved 0.6 percent in August, to a seasonally adjusted level of 2 million units, the Commerce Department reported, recovering from earlier declines and returning to their 2004 high-water mark set in March. But while builders ...
Multifamily dwellings in Feb 1993 caused the housing market to increase 2.6%, reaching 1.2 million housing starts. However, the housing market is still slow, despite lower mortgage rates. Storms will most likely affect the housing starts during Mar 1993. Multifamily dwellings in Feb 1993 caused the housing market to increase...
HOUSING STARTS FELL slightly in May, the Commerce Department reported this week. Overall, starts dropped 0.4 percent. Single-family starts were down 0.2 percent and multifamily starts fell 1.5 percent. By region, housing starts in the Midwest were up HOUSING STARTS FELL slightly in May, the Commerce...
NEW YORK -- Still riding high despite a modest uptick in interest rates, the broad U.S. housing market remained relatively strong during July as sales of existing homes rose to a record high and housing starts climbed to their highest level in 17 y ...
NEW YORK -- Staying the course despite a soft economy and a weak employment outlook, the broad U.S. housing market turned in a sturdy performance during April, with two of the three market segments--existing and new home sales--both making gains. NEW YORK...
HOUSING STARTS ROSE 1.7 percent in December, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 21. The total number of starts for the year was 1.846 million, 8.4 percent above 2002's total, and the highest number of housing starts in 25 years. On Jan. 28, the Co HOUSING STARTS...
HOUSING STARTS fell 6.8 percent in April, the U.S. Commerce Department reported May 16. However, building permits rose 1.2 percent, suggesting builders are expecting sales of new houses to continue brisk. David Seiders, chief economist of the Nationa HOUSING STARTS fell 6.8 percent in April, the...
HOUSING STARTS staged a comeback in December, rising 10.9 percent from November's disappointing pace, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 19. Production of single-family homes rose 13.1 percent, and multifamily starts were up 0.6 percent. David Sei HOUSING STARTS staged a comeback in December, rising 10.9 percent...
HOUSING STARTS ROSE 0.6 percent in August, the Commerce Department reported Sept. 21. However, building permits declined 5.5 percent from July, and builder confidence declined somewhat in September, the National Association of Home Builders reported HOUSING STARTS ROSE 0.6 percent in August, the Commerce Department...
HOUSING STARTS ROSE 8.3 percent in March, the U.S. Commerce Department reported April 16. Single-family starts were up 7.7 percent and multifamily construction rose 10.6 percent. David Seiders, chief economist of the National Association of Home Buil HOUSING STARTS ROSE 8.3 percent in March, the U.S....
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