Tue, Sep 19 2017, 10:03 AM
Residential construction outcomes in August were mixed, with permitting enjoying a strong comeback after more than a 4 percent downturn in July, but h...
Fri, Sep 1 2017, 12:03 PM
Total spending on construction slipped nationwide in July, down 0.6 percent from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.21 trillion, but it r...
Thu, Aug 31 2017, 10:21 AM
Last month's resurgence in pending home sales didn't last long . Sales ended a three-month fad in June with a 1.5 percent increase in the Pending Home...
Tue, Aug 29 2017, 10:32 AM
Although home prices were generally expected to begin cooling off by the middle of 2017, the most recent Case-Shiller Home Price Index suggests the st...
Wed, Aug 16 2017, 9:54 AM
After posting unexpectedly high numbers in June, all three residential construction indicators lost ground in July , and one, housing starts, is now r...
Mon, Aug 14 2017, 10:45 AM
About a month ago, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) seized on the May Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey (JOLTs) report as an indi...
Thu, Aug 10 2017, 11:28 AM
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) expects there will be a sharp downturn reported in July sales of newly constructed homes. While its Builder App...
Tue, Aug 1 2017, 12:11 PM
Construction spending, both public and private, dropped 1.3 percent in June . Spending was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.21 trillion comp...
Fri, Jul 28 2017, 9:29 AM
Freddie Mac's Outlook this month looks at what it calls "the spoiler," the lean inventory of newly constructed homes for sale. While the situation isn...
Wed, Jul 19 2017, 9:48 AM
Housing permits and starts both reversed their respective two-month slides in June, and both did so convincingly , far outpacing analysts' expectation...
Mon, Jul 17 2017, 1:01 PM
Fannie Mae said it is sticking with its forecast for 2.0 percent economic growth in 2017, a projection it first made in February. The estimate of 2.1 ...
Tue, Jul 11 2017, 3:40 PM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for May showed fewer job openings than analysts had expected, 5....
Mon, Jul 3 2017, 10:51 AM
Construction spending was essentially flat in May when compared to April. The U.S. Census Bureau said on Monday that there were seasonally adjusted an...
Tue, Jun 27 2017, 10:27 AM
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index for April set a record high , on a non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) basis for the fifth consecut...
Mon, Jun 26 2017, 10:08 AM
On November 30, 2016 Freddie Mac's economists issued their monthly Outlook which, in light of the sudden surge in interest rates earlier that month, w...
Mon, Jun 19 2017, 10:58 AM
In some areas, they are called "scrape-offs," but the usual term is tear-down ; demolishing an existing home to build a new one in its place. Tear-dow...
Fri, Jun 16 2017, 10:09 AM
Both permits for construction of privately-owned housing units and beginning construction in May were well below expectations, the second consecutive ...
Fri, Jun 16 2017, 9:17 AM
What are we going to be talking about this summer? One topic is the economy, and the thought that rising short-term rates are a signal that the econom...
Fri, Jun 16 2017, 8:54 AM
The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University has released its latest report on the State of the Nation's Housing . The report, is...
Fri, Jun 9 2017, 12:37 PM
Five barriers to homeownership are identified in a new study released on Friday by the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). The white paper, title...
Thu, Jun 1 2017, 10:55 AM
The total amount of construction put in place nationally fell in April, but continues at a pace higher than at the same point in 2016. The U.S. Census...
Thu, May 25 2017, 11:09 AM
Rather than taking a step back this year, home sales now seem ready to best their 2016 numbers. Freddie Mac's economists admit that, up until this mon...
Tue, May 16 2017, 9:08 AM
All three residential construction measures for April were lower than those in March. The Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Develo...
Mon, May 1 2017, 1:19 PM
Construction spending dipped slightly in March, although privately funded spending held its ground and residential construction activity was at a high...
Tue, Apr 18 2017, 10:14 AM
Once again, the pace of both residential construction permits and housing starts reversed direction, repeating, in March, the up and down pattern that...
Tue, Apr 18 2017, 5:05 PM
The housing inventory, or lack of it, dominates Freddie Mac's Outlook for April. The company's Economic and Housing Research team says the supply of f...
Mon, Apr 3 2017, 1:42 PM
Spending on residential buildings fared better than overall construction spending in February. The U.S. Census Bureau said on Monday that expenditures...
Thu, Mar 16 2017, 10:10 AM
Housing permits were down in February, wiping out the gains posted in January, while housing starts also reversed course , posting the year's first ga...
Wed, Mar 1 2017, 11:03 AM
Construction spending had been expected to recover from the 0.2 percent loss it suffered in December. Analysts polled by Econoday were looking for an ...
Thu, Feb 16 2017, 9:53 AM
Results from this morning's residential construction report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development were mixed...
Wed, Feb 1 2017, 1:15 PM
Publicly funded expenditures continued to drag on overall construction spending numbers in December, offsetting a small uptick in private spending. Da...
Tue, Jan 31 2017, 3:51 PM
The Urban Institute releases a regular report, Housing Finance at a Glance , a "chartbook" loaded with charts and commentary on mortgage activity. The...
Tue, Jan 24 2017, 11:15 AM
Existing home sales finished out 2016 with a generally expected decline. Still, the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today that 2016 overa...
Fri, Jan 20 2017, 2:59 PM
How will the economic philosophy that was altered by the last election actually evolve into policy? The is the question raised by Fannie Mae's Economi...
Thu, Jan 19 2017, 10:04 AM
Housing starts continued their see-saw pattern in December, rising 11.3 percent from November when they had fallen significantly after a sensational O...
Thu, Jan 12 2017, 9:32 AM
New home sales are projected to fall in December relative to November, not an unexpected pattern as the year-end holidays approach. The Mortgage Banke...
Tue, Jan 3 2017, 10:58 AM
Perhaps construction spending is finally emerging from the doldrums where it has lingered for months. For the second month in a row the Census Bureau ...
Thu, Dec 22 2016, 12:52 PM
This year, with less than two weeks left to go, is shaping up to be the best year for housing in a decade according to Freddie Mac's Economic & Housin...
Wed, Dec 21 2016, 9:28 AM
Despite the 3.2 percent annualized growth in the GDP in the third quarter, Fannie Mae's economists expect the full-years growth to moderate to less th...
Fri, Dec 16 2016, 11:09 AM
Housing starts retrenched in November , taking back much of their spectacular gains of October, while permits continued to display the general weaknes...
Thu, Dec 1 2016, 11:43 AM
Construction spending rose only slightly in October, with residential construction coming in stronger than most other sectors. The Census Bureau said ...
Wed, Nov 30 2016, 1:35 PM
Interest rates are, quite naturally, the focus of Freddie Mac's November Outlook. The company's Economic & Housing Research Group looked at the potent...
Tue, Nov 29 2016, 10:16 AM
It took ten years and change, but national prices as measured by the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Index have finally surpassed the previous pre...
Tue, Nov 22 2016, 11:27 AM
October existing home sales added to September's rebound, rising to the highest annualized pace in nearly a decade . The National Association of Realt...
Thu, Nov 17 2016, 10:47 AM
Housing permits improved for the second straight month in October but housing starts skyrocketed, rising 25.5 percent above September's level to a sea...
Thu, Nov 17 2016, 10:13 AM
The FDIC reports banks paid $37.5 billion in taxes through Q2. That’s a lot. In individual tax news, the Mortgage Bankers Association sent out a joint...
Wed, Nov 2 2016, 4:36 PM
Construction spending continued to be lukewarm in September, lagging behind both September 2015 and August 2016. Multi-family construction was among t...
Fri, Oct 21 2016, 10:51 AM
Deja vu all over again? Freddie Mac says economic growth is recovering from a weak first half of the year, the labor market is holding steady and Fed ...
Wed, Oct 19 2016, 10:16 AM
Permits for construction of residential housing improved in September after several dismal months, but housing starts retreated from both August and y...
Wed, Oct 19 2016, 2:38 PM
Fannie Mae says it expect economic growth will improve on its anemic performance in the first half of 2016 in the second half of the year, rising to 2...
