According to a report by the U.S. government, total construction spending in September 2023 reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,996.5 billion. This represents a 0.4% increase compared to the revised estimate for August and an 8.7% increase compared to the same period last year. Residential construction also saw growth, with a seasonally adjusted […]
The U.S. government has released a report stating that privately-owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,283,000. This is 11.3% lower than the revised number for July and 14.8% lower than the same time last year. In August, there were 334,000 units in buildings with five units or more.
High mortgage rates are a contributing factor to the weakening of builder confidence. The NAHB has reported that builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes has dropped below the key break-even measure of 50 for the first time in five months due to persistently high mortgage rates. According to the National Association
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rewrite the content without plagiarism for 1500 words Recent analysis from the NAHB’s Eye on Housing shows that for new single family homes, the median single-family square floor area declined to 2,191 square feet, the lowest reading since the end of 2010. In addition, the average (mean) square footage for new single-family homes fell to
Realtor.com says not all corners of the U.S. are quite as “new-home parched” as others. They say there are many places across the nation where builders are putting up new homes to meet growing demand – especially in areas where the dollar stretches further. As you might have guessed, most of these locations are in
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The National Association of Home Builders says single-family market share continues to shift away from large metro areas. Citing data from their recent Q4 Home Building Geography Index (HBGI), they say the largest growth in single-family market share came in rural markets (micro counties and non-metro micro counties), rising from 9.4% in Q4 2019 to
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A new report from Realtor.com says a decade of under-building in America has led to a shortfall of 6.5 million single-family homes in the U.S. To come up with their conclusions, Realtor.com looked at household formation, housing starts, and home sales. They found that given how many households were formed between 2012 and 2022 the