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Home Prices In U.S. Metropolitan Areas Still Well Below Peaks
Housing may have bottomed out, but we are very far from a recovery. U.S. home prices nationally are still around 30% below their peak in June 2006, and few markets...
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FHFA House Price Index +0.7% In February
The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency reports that its house price index (FHFA HPI) increased 0.7% in February. This increase follows a 0.6% increase in January, and brings the overall...
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Housing Starts Strong In March Increasing To SAAR Of 1.036 million
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that housing starts in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.036 million. This is solid increase from February’s SAAR of 968k, which was revised...
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US Ranks Near The Bottom Of Developed Countries In Child Well-Being
UNICEF has recently released an incredibly interesting report examining child well-being in 29 of the world’s most advanced economies. I’ll cover some highlights here, but I do recommend reading the...
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FHFA Sees House Prices Rise 0.6% In January
The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency reported today that its house price index (FHFA HPI) rose 0.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis in January. This follows a 0.6% increase in...
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February Housing Starts At SAAR Of 917k
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that housing starts in February were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 917k. This is a 0.8% improvement from January’s revised SAAR of 910k,...
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ISM Non-Manufacturing Moves Further Into Expansion With 56.2 Reading In February
The Institute for Supply Management reports that the PMI for February from its ISM non-manufacturing report on business was 56.0. This is an improvement to January’s 55.2 reading, and is...
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New Home Sales Jump To SAAR Of 437k In January
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 437k in January. This compares to a SAAR of 378k in December, and is the highest rate new...
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Case-Shiller Reports House Prices Grew 6.8% In 2012
S&P reports that the composite-20 city metric of the Case-Shiller house price index increased 6.8% in 2012. The smaller composite-10 city metric increased by 5.9% last year. 19 of the 20...
