Tag Archives: National Association of Home Builders
Housing Starts up for September 2011
UPDATE: Just a quick Update on Housing Starts. The US Census is showing a 46% increase in 1 unit housing starts from August 2011 to September 2011 for the Midwest Region. I will update the Minnesota and Twin Cities figures … Continue reading
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NAHB: October 2011 Improving Market Index
The National Association of Home Builders released their Improving Market Index. This index was started a couple of months ago by NAHB and First American. This index hasn’t hit upon the Twin Cities area yet, primarily because we are not … Continue reading
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NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) 9/07/2011
The National Association of Home Builders has started a new data series called the NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI). This is new so there is not a detailed history to get much perspective. They did however identify 12 areas … Continue reading
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Parade of Homes starts today
Just a reminder that the Parade of Homes starts today and runs until Oct 2nd. Pick up your Parade Guide at any Holiday gas station or visit them online. www.paradeofhomes.org Enjoy the Parade!
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Homebuilders targeted by Labor Department
Saw this article from the Wall Street Journal. Apparently the Labor Department is going after Residential Homebuilders for overtime and minimum wage violations, which to me sounds like they are really targeting the sub-contractors and their status of sub-contractors. Sounds … Continue reading
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Minnesota Unemployment Rate up to 7.2% August 19,2011
One of the key components we need for a healthy real estate market recovery is Jobs. If you don’t have a job, it is rather difficult to buy a home. Unfortunately this report is bad news. We are back up to 7.2% … Continue reading
Twin Cities Metro Area Property Tax Rates
I discovered an interesting study conducted by the National Association of Home Builderson the County Property Tax rates. They conducted this study based off of 2005-2009 property taxes throughout the nation. This data probably reflects some errors as I know my … Continue reading
July Building Permits and Housing Starts for the Midwest (NAHB and Census Bureau)
Well, today the news was released on the July Building Permits and Housing Starts from the National Association of Home Builders and the Census Bureau. Nationally building permits and housing starts are down according to these reports. If we take … Continue reading
NAHB: Builder Confidence Unchanged in August
The National Association of Home Builders reports Builder Confidence still depressed. The Wells Fargo/NAHB HMI (Housing Market Index) remains unchanged as reported today August 15, 2011. Builders continue to confront the same major challenges they have seen over the past year, … Continue reading
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