Housing Residential Construction Employment Remains Unchanged in February Total payroll employment rose by 379,000 and the unemployment rate declined to 6.2% in February.…Karen ZitoMarch 5, 2021
Housing Nearly 90 Percent of Builders Have Trouble Getting Appliances In the survey results described in one of last week’s posts, prices of building material…Karen ZitoMarch 3, 2021
Housing MBA Data Indicates Slow Decline for Past Due Loan Share According to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) 2020 fourth quarter National Delinquency Survey (NDS), on…Karen ZitoMarch 3, 2021
Housing Private Residential Spending Hits Record High NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending rose…Karen ZitoMarch 2, 2021
Housing NAHB 4th Quarter HBGI: Suburban Shift for Construction in 2020 The suburban shift in home building to meet growing buyer preferences for lower density, lower…Karen ZitoMarch 2, 2021
Housing January Personal Income Up 10% Due to Stimulus The most recent data release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) showed that personal…Karen ZitoFebruary 26, 2021
Housing Pending Home Sales Dip Again in January After reaching a record high in August, pending home sales slid for the fifth consecutive…Karen ZitoFebruary 25, 2021
Housing Multifamily Construction Sentiment Declines in Fourth Quarter Builder and developer confidence in multifamily markets fell in the last quarter of 2020, according…Karen ZitoFebruary 25, 2021
Housing New Home Sales Edge Higher in January After a slight slowing of sales at the end of 2020, new single-family home sales…Karen ZitoFebruary 24, 2021
Housing Multifamily Condo Construction Starts Fell 28% in 2020 According to NAHB analysis of quarterly Census data, the market share of rental units of…Karen ZitoFebruary 24, 2021