Tag "Housing Starts"

Housing Market

Housing Starts and Building Permits Exhibit New Found Strength

Total housing starts jumped 20.2% from March to April to hit an annualized pace of 1.14 million with single-family starts jumping by 16.7% to 733,000. Building permits rose 10.1% from

Housing Market

More Mixed Signals

While the NAHB came out with a strong homebuilder sentiment reading in its latest report, March housing starts and building permits came in at figures lower than consensus estimates. Starts

Housing Market

Housing Starts Fall in January

Housing starts fell 2% in January to a 1.07 million annual rate from 1.09 million in the prior month. The decline was primarily due to a drop in single-family starts

Housing Market

New Normal for Homebuilding?

Nobody needs to be reminded that homebuilding is a highly cyclical business. However, each cycle also has its own characteristics, nuances and trajectories. Certainly, our most recent cycle, which both

Housing Market

Single-Family Starts Strong in December

The seasonally adjusted annual pace of single-family starts came in at 728,000 units for December. This figure is the highest level since March 2008 and a positive sign for the,