Economics

Housing Starts - April 2000

March 2000 total housing starts were at a seasonally-adjusted annualized level of 1.604 million units, after exceeding 1.8 million units (annualized) during February. This was the lowest monthly level recorded since June of last year.

Economics

New Residential Building Permits by Region - April 2000

The total number of residential permits issued nationwide during the first quarter of this year was a slight 1.4% lower than in January-March of 1999.

Economics

Building Materials Price Inflation - April 2000

The Labor Department’s construction materials composite price index rose by 0.4% between February and March of this year. This brought the March 2000 composite index to a level 2.4% above its reading for the third month of 1999.

Economics

When It Comes To Sprawl Issues, Be Prepared

The nation’s unprecedented nine-year period of economic expansion has been good to a lot of industries, the housing industry included.

Financials

Permit Pace Blistering

Nineteen-ninety-nine’s top two areas in terms of sheer volume of new residential construction - Atlanta and Phoenix - have moved in opposite directions during the early months of the new year.

Financials

Material Price Inflation Accelerates

The Labor Department’s construction materials composite price index rose by 0.5% between December 1999 and January of this year.

Financials

Florida, Texas Slowest Starters in 2000

The top two areas in terms of sheer volume of new residential construction - Atlanta and Phoenix - in 1999 got off to dramatically different starts during the first month of the new year.

Economics

Freer Trade With Canada Benefits U.S. Buyers

American builders and their customers have shouldered the burden of cost increases resulting from a trade pact called the Softwood Lumber Agreement.

Financials

Atlanta and Phoenix Stay Atop New Residential Markets

Nineteen-ninety-nine’s top two areas in terms of sheer volume of new residential construction were Atlanta and Phoenix.

Economics

Fiscal Responsibility

Every child born in the U.S. this year inherits a very unwelcome legacy from their Uncle Sam - a debt of almost $14,000.

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features