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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Bush baulks at Obama's plan to protect jobs with giant rescue package An ideological battle has erupted between George Bush and Barack Obama, with the outgoing President baulking at proposals to prop up General Motors, once the world's largest car maker, which could go bust...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-11 November 2008-Radiant Systems Inc selected by Happi House Restaurants IncC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Radiant Systems Inc (Nasdaq:RADS), a company that provides technology to the hospitality, retail and entertainment industries, revealed yesterday (10 November) that the company's Aloha QuickService Point of Sale POS will be deployed by...
CORPORATE IT UPDATE-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Radiant Systems Inc (Nasdaq:RADS), a company that provides technology to the hospitality, retail and entertainment industries, revealed yesterday (10 November) that the company's Aloha QuickService Point of Sale POS will be deployed by the Happi House Restaurants Inc in all of its...
CELEBRATE Obama's landslide victory by taking advantage of great bargain trips on offer to the US. GILL WILLIAMS finds some of the best deals... JOIN in the partying in Chicago during local hero Barack Obama's White House inauguration on January 20. Thousands will be watching the...
Imagine you are in sales like me and most of your paycheck comes from commission like mine. Imagine you've paid your way through college, served your country, lost jobs, lost houses, paid off large medical bills and struggled to succeed. You've never asked for -- nor expected -- any assistance...
Huttig Building Products, Inc. (NYSE: HBP), aleading domestic distributor of millwork, building materials and woodproducts, today announced results for the third quarter and nine monthsended September 30, 2008. Third Quarter Results Third quarter 2008 net sales continued to be impacted by the 32% year overyear decline in average annualized housing...
Byline: HENRYK ZIENTEK THE number of homes changing hands rose for the first time in five months during October, but prices continued to slide, it emerged today. The average property in England and Wales lost a further 1.3% of its value during the month, said a...
Homeowners line up to leave the 'Urban Village in St Austell', once billed as the Prince's new Poundbury IT WAS billed as the new Poundbury. Backed, and partially designed, by Prince Charles, the 147-property village, with its faux Victorian houses, man-made pond and stream, was designed...
Question: Our home's been on the market for well over a year, and we're despairing of ever selling it; the market's terrible, we know, but nobody's even prepared to make an offer. Can you help? EC, Gloucestershire Answer: A year stuck on the starting blocks, even in...
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