Housing starts rose for the second straight month in December and finished the year at its strongest pace since 2006, HUD and the Census Bureau reported yesterday.
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MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Housing Cost as Percentage of Income
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week uses AHS data to show the distribution of total monthly housing costs as a percentage of income. T
MBA Chart of the Week: Monthly Housing Cost as Percentage of Income
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week uses AHS data to show the distribution of total monthly housing costs as a percentage of income. T
MBA Chart of the Week: Net Migration by Metropolitan Status
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week shows net migration by metropolitan status over the past five years. The green line shows that the net movement into nonmetropolitan areas has hovered around zero, growing by an average of 19,000 migrants (nationally). On the other hand, metropolitan areas absorbed more than 5.7 million migrants over this period.
MBA Chart of the Week: Net Migration by Metropolitan Status
This week’s MBA Chart of the Week shows net migration by metropolitan status over the past five years. The green line shows that the net movement into nonmetropolitan areas has hovered around zero, growing by an average of 19,000 migrants (nationally). On the other hand, metropolitan areas absorbed more than 5.7 million migrants over this period.
November Housing Starts Rise for 3rd Straight Month
November housing starts rose for the third straight month, boosted by builder confidence and strong consumer demand, HUD and the Census Bureau reported yesterday.
New Home Sales Fall for 1st Time in 6 Months–But No Worries
New home sales fell for the first time since May, HUD and the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. Even so, the news continued to be good.
Housing Starts Continue to Ramp Up
The October housing starts report from HUD and the Census Bureau shows home builders continue to respond to consumers’ seemingly insatiable demand for new housing.
3Q Homeownership Rate Falls by 0.5%
Despite a jump in home purchase activity this summer—but also perhaps because of the coronavirus pandemic—the U.S. homeownership rate slipped by 0.5 percent in the third quarter, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
New Home Sales Fall for First Time Since Spring
September new home sales fell for the first time in five months, HUD and the Census Bureau reported yesterday.