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- Home sales, new construction slumping.(BUSINESS Today)
- 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 ...
- Research articles 2006-06-05
- Housing holds steady.
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- Existing homes, starts jump in July.(Business Today)(Illustration)
- 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 ...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Starts down, rest of market sturdy. (Business Today).(housing market)
- 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...
- Research articles 2003-06-02
- 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.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Ar
- 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...
- Research articles 2004-01-28
- Housing starts fell 6.8 percent in April, the U.S. Commerce Department reported May 16.
- 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...
- Research articles 2003-05-21
- Housing strong on low interest rates.(Housing market)
- WASHINGTON -- Building on February's gains and recovering from a deep slide in January, the broad American housing market made another strong advance during March, with all three sectors helped by improving weather and low interest rates. Put ...
- Research articles 2004-05-03
- Extruder market study, but questions loom.(Special Report)
- Byline: Bill Bregar The U.S. extruder market depends on two gigantic end markets, construction and packaging, and both areas held up well in 2005, industry officials said. Next year has some question marks. Soaring resin bills could hurt, but t ...
- Research articles 2005-12-05
- Housing starts declined 0.5 percent in May, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported June 16.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
- HOUSING STARTS declined 0.5 percent in May, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported June 16. The drop was attributed to a 10 percent decline in multifamily starts. Single-family starts were up 1.4 percent. Building permits were up 3.5 percent, with HOUSING STARTS declined 0.5 percent...
- Research articles 2004-06-30
- Housing starts continued to set a fast pace last month, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Aug. 17.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
- HOUSING STARTS CONTINUED to set a fast pace last month, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Aug. 17. Sales were 8.3 percent above June's rate, at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.978 million units. Single-family starts were up 8.5 percent, and multi HOUSING STARTS CONTINUED to set...
- Research articles 2004-08-25
- While housing starts took a big jump in January (LULR, Feb. 22, p. 7), the new-home sales report was not so rosy, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Feb. 27.(Briefly Noted)
- WHILE HOUSING STARTS took a big jump in January (LULR, Feb. 22, p. 7), the new-home sales report was not so rosy, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Feb. 27. Overall, sales fell 5.0 percent. The sales rate was 3.3 percent above January 2005. Sales WHILE HOUSING...
- Research articles 2006-03-08
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- How Does 2009 Compare to Previous Housing Recoveries?
- After U.S. single-family housing starts hit a record low annual rate of 342,000 in January, they've taken steps forward in five out of the six months subsequent. They're up 34 percent from the bottom assuming January qualifies as such, so the pace of the recovery is in the middle of...
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- Housing Outlook Still Looks Gloomy
- For the third month in a row, single family housing starts provided a glimmer of hope so some pundits that the worst is behind us in the troubled housing sector. But the numbers are still not good enough to prove to me convincingly that housing has turned around. ...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- M&S Profit Tops Hopes and Consumers Upbeat
- By Mark Potter and James DaveyLONDON (Reuters UK) - Confidence about economic recovery appears to be building, though companies remain wary and are still relying heavily on cost cutting to boost profits.Clothing retailers Marks & Spencer MKS and Next NXT beat profit and sales forecasts respectively on Wednesday, while builders...
- News items 2009-11-04
- Auspine makes strong start.
- Nov 26, 2002 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian timber group Auspine has reported a pleasing start to 2002-03, associated with housing activity and a recovery in woodchip exports. Auspine chairman, Geoff Hill, told the company's AGM in Adelaide that operational profit...
- Research articles 2002-11-27
- aposFlight to value' will soar after recession and reshape mid-market
- You are here: News / 'Flight to value' will soar after recession and reshape mid-market The recession has brought about a new way of shopping and these changes will be permanent, bringing about a step change in the way consumers perceive 'value' and spend money, according to PwC. PwC's latest...
- News items 2009-10-30
- Wolseley plc Interim Management Statement Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. The question-and-answer session will be conducted electronically. [Operators Instructions]. We will take now our first question from Tim [inaudible]. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Hey, guys. This is Tim [inaudible] in Dublin. My first question is in relation to the stock...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-30
- Canadian National Railway Company Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. At this time we will take questions from the telephone lines. [Operator Instructions]. We have a question from Ed Wolfe from Bear Stearns. Please go ahead. Unidentified Analyst Hi guys, its Scott Ehrens [ph] for Ed. Good afternoon. E. Hunter Harrison...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-23
- Intersil Corp Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line of Uche Orji from UBS. Please proceed sir. Uche Orji - UBS Can you hear me? Rich Beyer - Chief Executive Officer and Director Yes. Uche Orji...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
- Washington Mutual, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator We will now begin the Q&A portion of today's call. In consideration of the number of people who have joined us on the call today, we will accommodate one question per caller. We will get to as many questions as time permits. [Operator Instructions]. ...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
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