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New Home Construction In February Continuing to Outpace New Home Sales

The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for February 2010 showing a decrease in new home construction activity from February, but siginificant increases from a year ago..

The report shows the following:

Building permits issued for single-family residences in February were at an [...]

Appeals Court Rules Builder Incentive did not violate RESPA

Dennis Norman

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently consdered an appeal by the plaintiffs of a class action lawsuit again D.R. Horton, Inc. and DHI Mortgage, Co brought by John R. Yeatman and Eleanor E. Yeatman on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated individuals. 

The lawsuit stems from the Yeatman’s purchase of [...]

New Home Sales Plummet In January

Dennis Norman

The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000, an 11.2 percent decrease from the revised December rate of 348,000 and is 6.1 percent below a year ago.
The inventory of new homes (seasonally adjsuted) at the [...]

New Home Sales Fall again in December

Dennis Norman

The U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in December were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000, a 7.6 percent decrease from the revised November rate of 370,000 and is 8.6 percent below a year ago.

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As has been my long-running mantra, I don’t like [...]

Builders Cry Foul on Health Care Bill

Dennis Norman

The National Association of Home Builders says the health care bill that the Senate passed (H.R. 3590) places a “major financial burden on builders“.  According to the NAHB language offered by Sen. Jeff Merkley and “slipped into the Senate health care legislation at the last minute unfairly targets small construction firms with more than [...]

What does 2010 hold in store for the Housing Market?

Dennis Norman

In a just a few days we will say goodbye to 2009; a year that has been brutal to the housing market. So as the new year comes in, what will 2010 hold in store for the housing market?

To answer this question I turned to the housing forecast just released by Fannie [...]

New home sales take a dive in November

Dennis Norman

New homes were started in November at an annual rate of 482,000 homes and I asked why in my post last week since new home construction was already outpacing sales….well, today the gap got worse..

This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in November were [...]

Home Builder Alert: HBA Says Home Builders Unfairly Targeted in Senate Health Care Bill

National Association of Home Builders issues a call to Action to it’s members to urge Congress to vote NO.

From the National Association of Home Builders:

The Senate is scheduled to hold a series of votes over the next three days on health care reform. Given the time crunch, please call your Senator now!

In their rush to [...]

New home construction in the U.S. increases in November....but why?

New home construction is on the rise in November…. WHY??? They aren’t selling as fast as they are being built…didn’t we learn our lesson?

The U.S. Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for November 2009 showing an increase in new home construction [...]

New Home Sales in US through October; UP 5.1 percent OR DOWN 24.1 percent from a year ago, take your pick

Dennis Norman

This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 430,000, a 6.2 percent increase from the revised September rate of 405,000 and is 5.1 percent above a year ago.

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As has been my long-running mantra, I [...]

New homes started through October down 32.5 percent from last year; New home completions still outpacing sales by over 30 percent

Even with a decline in new home starts and completions, new home construction activity is still outpacing new home sales potentially leading to inventories increasing again.

The US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for October 2009 showing a decrease in new home [...]

New Homes Sold Through September down 26.6 Percent from Year Before

Dennis Norman

This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 402,000, a 3.6 percent decrease from the revised August rate of 417,000 and is 7.8 percent below a year ago.

Like I pointed out however, in my post [...]

New home construction shows slight decrease in August; Construction still out pacing sales

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for September 2009 showing an increase in new home construction activity from August.

The report shows the following:

Building permits issued for single-family residences in September were at an annual rate of [...]

New home sales up 0.7 percent in August; or NOT? Down 3.4 percent from a year ago or down 27.8 percent?

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By: Dennis Norman

Yesterday I did a post about the new home sales report issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce and, just like much of the media and bloggers out there, I reported that new home sales rose in August, albeit a scant 0.7 percent and that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of [...]

New home sales up slightly in August; Prices down 7 percent for the month

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 429,000, a 0.7 percent increase from July, but a 3.4 percent decrease from a year ago.

The Northeast region after seeing a 32.4 percent increase in [...]

New home construction shows slight decrease in August; Construction still out pacing sales

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a their report on New Residential Construction for August 2009 showing a slight decrease in new home construction activity from July.

The report shows the following:

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New Home Sales Up 9.6 Percent in July; Sales are not coming fast or easy though

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 433,000, a 9.6 percent increase from June and makes the fourth consecutive month of new home sales increases.

The Northeast region saw the biggest monthly increase [...]

New home sales up 11% in June – median price down 6.9% for the month

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report showing the sale of New Homes in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 384,000, an 11% increase from May.

Junes sales numbers are down 21.3% from a year ago however that is much better than May’s 33% decline from [...]

26% of Home Builders are losing deals due to low appraisals

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

According to a nationwide survey conducted by the National Asssociation of Home Builders (NAHB) 26% of home builders are seeing signed sales contracts fall through the cracks because appraisals on their homes are coming in below the contract sales price. 
NAHB Chairman, Joe Robson, said “home builders are increasingly concerned that inappropriate appraisal practices are [...]