Pending home sales stabilized in November 2013 with a slight gain, according to the National Association of Realtors. Monthly increases in the South and West offset declines in the Northeast and Midwest. The Pending Home Sales Index, a ...
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According to estimates released Thursday by the US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, sales of new single-family houses in November 2013 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 464,000, reflecting a 2.1 ...
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Led by a solid increase in both single-family and multifamily starts,nationwide housing production rose 22.7%to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million in November,according to figures released by the U.S.Department of Housing and ...
Existing home sales declined 4.3%for the third consecutive month in November to the lowest level of the year,the National Association of Realtors said Dec.19. Sales fell to an annual rate of 4.9 million,the weakest pace since December ...
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Steel Dynamics, Inc. provided fourth quarter earnings guidance Tuesday in the range of $0.21 to $0.25 per diluted share. The estimate compares to $0.25 per diluted share reported for the third quarter 2013 and $0.27 per diluted share ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved four points to a 58 reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for December. This gain reflected improvement in ...
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Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 25.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 444,000 units in October, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. ...
New homes sold at an annual rate of 444,000 in October, up 25.4 percent from 354,000 in September. Economists polled by MarketWatch forecast sales to total a seasonally adjusted 419,000 in October. Demand for new homes ...
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Strengthening house prices and increased interest rates in metros across the country contributed to lower housing affordability in the third quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes was unchanged in November from a downwardly revised level of 54 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. This ...
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The majority of homes in metropolitan areas in the third quarter experienced robust year-over-year price gains, with the national median price showing the strongest annual growth in nearly eight years, according to the latest quarterly ...
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The Remodeling Market Index (RMI) continued to climb at a modest pace in the third quarter of 2013 rising two points to 57, the highest reading since the first quarter of 2004, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). ...
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After hitting the highest level in nearly four years, existing-home sales declined in September, but limited inventory conditions continued to pressure home prices in much of the country, according to the National Association of Realtors. ...
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With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the ...
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Pending home sales slowed in August, with tight inventory conditions, higher interest rates, rising home prices and continuing restrictive mortgage credit impacting the market, according to the National Association of Realtors. The ...
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