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Why Home Builders Won’t Drop New Home Prices

Right now the divide between new and existing home prices is wider than ever. The average price of an existing home in December was $231,400, according to the National Association of Realtors, while the U.S. Commerce Department reported the average … Continue reading

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After Eight Months, Home Builder Confidence Stalls

Current sales conditions remained unchanged, sales expectations over the next six months fell one point, and buyer traffic gained one point. Regionally, home builders were less confident in the Northeast and Midwest, but gained confidence in the South and particularly … Continue reading

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After Eight Months, Home Builder Confidence Stalls

Current sales conditions remained unchanged, sales expectations over the next six months fell one point, and buyer traffic gained one point. Regionally, home builders were less confident in the Northeast and Midwest, but gained confidence in the South and particularly … Continue reading

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Credit Clips Homebuilder Confidence

After a summer of significant monthly jumps in confidence among the nation’s home builders, fall appears to be bringing in a chill. Builder sentiment edged up just one point in October, according to an industry association index, but credit issues … Continue reading

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Home Builders Bullish for Fifth Straight Month

The nation’s once-beleaguered home builders are more confident than they have been in six years. A surge in new orders for homes, especially among the big public builders, pushed builder sentiment on an industry survey up three points to the … Continue reading

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US Home Builders Begin to See Credit Thaw

The U.S. home building industry is finally coming off its lowest volumes ever, albeit in fits and slow starts.  New single family home starts fell 6.5 percent in July from the previous month but are still up 17 percent from … Continue reading

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Homebuilders Most Confident in More Than 5 Years

Homebuilders today are feeling more confident than they have in more than five years. Recent earnings reports from the big public builders have shown spikes in new orders for single family homes, and competition from foreclosures has eased as banks … Continue reading

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Real estate briefs and blogs – Sarasota Herald

DENVER — In the early 2000s, which was a “normal” time in the American housing market, more than 1.3 million households were formed each year. But in the past five years, only about 590,000 households have been formed annually as … Continue reading

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Weak Jobs Market Hits Homebuilder Confidence

A stall in job growth hit home builder confidence in June. A monthly confidence index from the National Association of Home Builders saw just a one point gain after posting a 4 point spike in May. The survey now sits … Continue reading

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After a Dip, Homebuilder Sentiment Surges Again

The nation’s homebuilders are feeling far better again, after an unusually warm winter wreaked havoc with the usual traffic and sales trends. Builder confidence jumped five points in May on the National Association of Home Builders’ sentiment index, after dropping … Continue reading

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