Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for an eighth consecutive month in December to a level of 47 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), recently released.
Lumber futures rose to a six-year high, extending a 2012 rally that is one of the biggest among commodities, on mounting signs of tighter supplies as U.S. home construction rebounds.
MacArthur issued a request for housing research proposals as part of its How Housing Matters to Families and Communities program, a five-year, $25 million research initiative to deepen the literature on the effect that investments in housing have on social and economic outcomes, beyond shelter.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has announced the finalists for NAHB's 2013 Best of 50+ Housing Awards, the premier design and marketing competition for the 50+ housing industry.
The number of housing markets considered "improving" according to parameters established by the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) surged by 76 to a total of 201 metros in December, according to IMI data released recently.
NAHB will host a free webinar featuring NAHB CEO Jerry Howard, Chief Economist David Crowe and Chief Lobbyist Jim Tobin for a post-election assessment of the political landscape and an economic forecast for the coming year
Growing what already is a strong foothold in the military sector, Interface is seeking an even larger share of that market and has named Guy Wesley (Wes) Millner to a newly created position of managing director of military sales.
Sales of newly built, single-family homes in October held virtually unchanged from a downwardly revised pace in the previous month, at a seasonally adjusted, annual rate of 368,000 units, according to figures released by HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau recently.
Most of the major commercial real estate sectors show gradually improving fundamentals and are easily absorbing the relatively small amount of new space that is coming online, with a full recovery already in the multifamily market, according to the National Association of Realtors quarterly commercial real estate forecast.