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By Dennis Norman, on March 1st, 2010
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on February 25th, 2010
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on February 1st, 2010
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.
My Mantra
As has been my long-running mantra, I don’t like [...]
By Dennis Norman, on January 11th, 2010
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 28th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 23rd, 2009
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 [...]
By admin, on December 22nd, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 16th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 25th, 2009
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.
My Mantra
As has been my long-running mantra, I [...]
By Dennis Norman, on November 19th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 28th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 20th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 26th, 2009
Dennis Norman
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 25th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 17th, 2009
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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By Dennis Norman, on August 26th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 27th, 2009
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 [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 13th, 2009
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 [...]
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