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Housing Starts Split Again in September for Good News/Bad News Result

October 22, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce released their latest report on residential construction for the month of September 2020. Like last month, the results on housing starts were mixed, with both good news for custom integrators and bad news for the overall industry – suggesting again that housing growth, while robust, is beginning to moderate.

See housing starts results for September…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News Tagged With: economic growth, economy, housing, housing starts

August Housing Data Diverges, Suggests Growth is Moderating

October 8, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

home construction

It has been quite the roller coaster ride for housing – first dropping a COVID-driven, eye-popping 30.2% in April to just a 934,000 unit seasonally adjusted annual rate. Then gradually rebounding in May and June…leading to a record 22.6% increase in July.

Now we see a bit of a pause in August, with overall housing starts declining 5.1% to a rate of 1,416,000 units, down from the revised rate of 1,492,000 in July.

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Filed Under: Economic Trends Tagged With: construction, housing, housing starts, residential construction

Tighten Your Harness, The Rocket Ship U.S. Economy is Coming Down Hard

April 23, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

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You knew it was coming, but we just couldn’t see it until statistical data caught up with the rapidly changing U.S. economy. But now, we are getting a snapshot of these changes and they are breathtaking…and a little scary. Hold on tight…it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

See a selection of data showing the economy hitting the brakes…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, Financial, News Tagged With: consumer sentiment, housing, housing starts, new home sales, recession, unemployment

Economic Data Deteriorates Rapidly in March

April 2, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Business Change of job, unemployment, resigned concept.

Unemployment Claims Jump to 6.6M; Mortgage Applications Plunged 24%

We are now beginning to see a rapid deterioration in economic data in the wake of the impact of the Coronavirus COVID-19 epidemic sweeping the country. Stunning new numbers are dropping at a rate never seen before and suggest we may yet have a long road to recovery. Unemployment claims skyrocketed to 6.6 million new jobless claims at the end of the month, and mortgage applications plunged 24% in March year-over-year.

See more on rapidly descending data…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, Financial Tagged With: housing, unemployment

New Home Sales Decline in December 2019

January 30, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

[Photo: AP Photo/Steven Senne]

Last week, Strata-gee reported that housing construction starts jumped mightily in December 2019 – but now we learn in a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that new home sales actually declined at the same time. Typically, analysts like to see both home sales and construction starts increase together as an indicator of a healthy economy.

See more on this latest economic data…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: housing, new home sales

Housing Starts in Sharp Slide in September

October 21, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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As the economy continues to show more signs of a slowdown, we can’t help but notice increasing volatility in the month-to-month readings of various statistics. The latest government data on housing construction starts is a great example of this. After a big jump in August, starts dropped in September by 9.4% – a larger than normal amount – from the revised rate in August.

See the surprising slump in housing starts…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: construction, housing, housing starts, residential housing

More Mixed Signals from Housing – Starts Down, Sales Up

July 26, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Housing - Photo of newly constructed home

In the choppy waters of today’s current economy, we continue to get mixed signals – this time from the housing market. Last week, we learned that residential construction starts declined in June by 0.9% below the rate in May. This week, we find that sales of newly built homes in June increased by 7% as compared to sales in May.

What should we make of developments in housing?…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: housing, housing starts, new home sales, residential construction

Buyers Slammed the Door on Sales of New Single-Family Housing

May 27, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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The latest data from the Census Bureau shows that sales of new single-family housing in April dropped to a rate of 673,000 on a seasonally adjusted annual basis. This level is down a substantial 6.9% from the adjusted rate for March of 723,000 houses sold.

See more on this drop in sales of new housing

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Filed Under: Associations, Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Statistics Tagged With: home sales, housing, new home sales, residential, residential housing

Dec. Housing Starts Drop to Lowest Rate Since 2016

February 27, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of housing under construction

The U.S. Commerce Department released new data this week on housing starts for December 2018. Overall residential construction dropped to 1.08 million units on a seasonally adjusted annual rate or 11.2% lower than the November rate of 1.2 million units. This is the lowest rate of residential construction since September 2016.

See more on this key economic indicator…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: housing, housing starts, residential housing, starts

Pending Home Sales Decline for 3rd Month in a Row

January 31, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

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In a result that was not expected by most industry analysts, contract signings to purchase previously owned homes dropped in December for the third month in a row. The news is widely viewed as yet another indicator of a housing industry slowdown, along with declining affordability and rising housing and mortgage costs.

See more on this drop in pending home sales…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Statistics Tagged With: economy, housing, pending home sales

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