April Housing Starts Increase Surprises Economists
The April housing starts increase was unexpected, surprising many economists and others who bought into the weaker numbers in February and March. The importance of a particular monthly metric is a little …
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Surging US Housing Markets Show Pricing Power
Surging US housing markets is a phrase we have heard all too seldom in the past several years, but a surging housing market is what we’ve got. The US housing market is …
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Housing Market Research Phoenix Mesa Scottsdale AZ
(Updated March 2015) As of August 2014, the sales housing market in Phoenix is soft. According to CoreLogic, Inc. and analyst estimates, new and existing home sales decreased by 9.4 percent to …
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2015 Economic Growth Expected to Top 2014 Growth
Looking Forward To 2015 Economic Growth The housing market is still grinding its way upward, while economic growth is slowing after a 2014 mid-year jump, but 2015 economic growth is expected to …
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Urban Land Institute Predicts Housing Starts Will Double
Real estate economists and analysts are expecting a significant turnaround in the national economy and the real estate market within the next three years, according to a new survey by the Urban …
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Texas Housing Starts Rise Houston Housing Starts Lead
It is not news that the Texas real estate market leads the nation in recovery. Part is due, of course, to strong job growth, but Texas also acts as a magnet attracting …
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Multifamily Housing Crisis Looms Due to Unsatisfied Demand
A second housing crisis is brewing in America. It is a crisis of supply of multifamily housing not meeting demand. And recent government regulations will acerbate the problem. Population growth rates have …
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Apartment Construction Boom And 9.1 Mil New Renters Projected
Ready for some long overdue good news, home builders may find it in the form of an apartment construction boom. Lesley Deutsch of John Burns Real Estate Consulting noted that there will …
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Housing Prices Decline Further Case-Shiller Index
Housing Prices decline continued in 19 of 20 markets tracked in the S&P Case-Shiller Index of housing prices, the leading measure of US housing prices. The housing prices decline of 1.3% for …
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