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There was a modest rise in housing building permits for residential construction in May, the latest month available, with the value rising 2.3% to 7.54 billion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of ...
The much-anticipated spring home-buying season never bloomed. In truth, it hardly even budded. Now, housing market ...
Housing starts in the U.S. slid 11% in August to the lowest level since June 2020. Lack of supply is one reason home prices have yet to fall substantially. And with less progress from builders, a ...
December wrapped up a terrible year for new home construction, posting the fourth straight monthly drop in housing starts as 2022 ended with a 3% overall decline — the first annual drop since 2009. At ...
This will be the first year since 2011 to see a decline for single-family starts, and homebuilders expect additional declines in 2023.
New home construction rose by less than forecast in April and permits for new activity dropped, suggesting the recent rise in mortgage rates is giving builders pause. Housing starts increased 5.7% ...
Housing starts fell to a 1.28 million annual pace from 1.35 million in April, the government said Thursday. That's how many houses would be built over an entire year if construction takes place at ...
In summary, the U.S. housing market is set for a slow, grinding recovery, with buyers facing persistent affordability challenges and rents ticking upward because of the ongoing freeze in for-sale ...
The number of housing starts tumbled in April, an indication the housing market is still taking a hit from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes. The number of new private housing units ...
Housing starts decreased 0.5% last month to a 1.35 million annualized rate, according to government data released Oct. 18, after a big rebound in construction in August.
For many, housing has become a war of class and generation – a matter of fat-cat boomers making out at the expense of ...
Housing starts across Canada came in at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 231,468 units in December, a 13% drop from the month before, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Thursday.