Tag: NAHB Housing Market Index

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U.S. home starts tumble 12% to 9-month low

Despite the drop and worry over tariffs and costs, builder confidence in the housing market has remained at a "healthy level". Details on Equipment World.

July 18, 2018

Business

Home starts dip, as builder confidence is shaken by recent storms

The start of construction on new homes in the U.S. fell 0.8 percent during the month of August due to a decrease in multi-family starts. Meanwhile, single-family starts are approaching a 20 percent year-over-year improvement. Despite the strength in single-family, the NAHB reports that builder confidence has fallen due to uncertainty caused by Hurricanes Harvey […]

September 20, 2017

Business

Housing starts dip 5.5% in May with big drop in multi-family

The start of construction on new homes in the U.S. fell 5.5 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.092 million homes, according to the latest estimates from the Commerce Department. Total starts are down 2.4 percent from the May 2016 estimate, largely due to a decrease in the number of multi-family […]

June 19, 2017

Business

U.S. home starts fall 2.6% in April

A dip in the start of construction on multifamily homes wiped out a small gain in single-family homes in April, bringing total U.S. home starts down 2.6 percent. Total starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.172 million but remain up 0.7 percent from the April 2016 figure, according to preliminary data from the […]

May 16, 2017