Supply and Demand: Builders Finally Get It Right
In July 2006, when the housing market still seemed to be–with the emphasis on seemed to be–booming, there were 572,000 unsold new homes in inventory, a record number. At that point, most builders were...
View ArticlePROSALES 100 Reveals Marked Upturn for the Biggest Construction Supply Firms
Craig Webb Hanley Wood cwebb@hanleywood.com 202.736.3307 Washington, D.C. May 15, 2013. America’s largest pro-oriented construction supply companies saw sales rise 13.3% in 2012, all the while...
View ArticleHousing Supply Limited as 22 Million Americans Lack Equity
About 22 million Americans may lack enough home equity to move, keeping property listings tight and limiting sales as the housing market recovers, Zillow Inc. (Z) said. Forty-four percent of homeowners...
View ArticleFive Reasons Housing Isn’t Ready to Drop Dead
Hissss! That’s the sound of the air coming out of the housing market. At least that’s what some folks thought they heard when the U.S. Census Bureau reported a 13.4 percent dive in new home sales in...
View ArticleState of the Real Estate Market September 2013: Towards a Buyer’s Market
As we make our way out of the traditional home buying season of the summer months, the real estate market as a whole appears to be bucking some recent trends, particularly where inventory is involved....
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