Economy: Page 144
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Home Builders' Confidence Gets Up to Five-Year Peak
The monthly index compiled by Well Fargo and the NAHB is up in all its components this month, though still well below a positive outlook nationally.
By Ron Gallagher • May 15, 2012 -
Economy Watch: The Continuing Euro and California Crises
The shaky situation in Europe poses hard-to-predict impacts, and California is short $15.7 billion.
By Ron Gallagher • May 15, 2012 -
Making U.S. Home Construction Data More Understandable
The Atlantic Cities website run by The Atlantic magazine summarizes and maps home-building data in the most recent Census Bureau report.
By Ron Gallagher • May 14, 2012 -
Deals: ARA Brokers $18.5M Sale in South Carolina
News about deals involving multifamily properties around the nation.
By Ron Gallagher • May 14, 2012 -
Simonson Says: What U.S. Age Demographics Mean for Construction
The U.S. population is still growing, but it's also graying, and that will have impacts on buying, selling and building homes.
By Ron Gallagher • May 14, 2012 -
ULI Panel: Financing Availability, Low Interest Rates Drive CRE Markets
The CMBS market would like to see more demand, a Deutsche Bank speaker says.
By Ron Gallagher • May 14, 2012 -
First-Quarter Home Prices Up in 74 of 146 Metro Areas
Bloomberg reported that is a nice improvement over numbers from the last quarter of 2011.
By Ron Gallagher • May 11, 2012 -
Construction Materials Prices Inch Up in April
There was a rise of 0.1% in April and 2.5% over 12 months in the producer price index for inputs to construction.
By Ron Gallagher • May 11, 2012 -
Phoenix, Fla. Foreclosure Hotspots Show Signs of a Turnaround
Prices are rising and inventories are shrinking after years of bad news.
By Ron Gallagher • May 10, 2012 -
Donald H. Layton Named CEO of Freddie Mac
He comes to Freddie after a 30-year career at JPMorgan Chase and after being CEO and chairman at E*trade.
By Ron Gallagher • May 10, 2012 -
Fannie Mae Turns a Profit, Ending String of Government Loans
The mortgage giant said it made $2.7 billion in the first quarter of the year.
By Ron Gallagher • May 10, 2012 -
Lenders May Face Flat Fees for Making Mortgage Loans
Regulators may require mortgage lenders to charge a flat loan-processing fee and cap rate reductions "discount points."
By Ron Gallagher • May 10, 2012 -
New Study Sees States, Localities Stepping Up on Infrastructure
A key reason for state, local initiatives is the federal government's retrenchment in public works spending.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
Southeastern Building Codes Welcome Greater Efficiency for Greater Savings
Evolving building practice has proven we can build more efficient buildings if we have the right tools – and the Southeast is taking action.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
The Market Picture Begins to Clear for the Top 400 Contractors
Although public-sector market prospects remain murky, private-sector industrial investment has begun to turn around.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
5-Year Forecast: The Housing Markets Expected to Climb Most
Business Insider makes predictions for prices based on existing data.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
Economy Watch: Home Prices Finally Edging Up?
In March, the market saw its first rise in eight months.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
Ginnie Mae to Tighten MBS Standards
Having it harder to qualify to make mortgages is not much help to home builders, buyers.
By Ron Gallagher • May 8, 2012 -
Ranieri: Housing Has Bottomed but Credit Issues Loom
Lewis Ranieri told a mortgage bankers conference that he and others are buying loans and believe the skid is mostly over.
By Ron Gallagher • May 8, 2012 -
Freddie Mac to Eliminate Fee on Deeply Underwater Loan Refis
Freddie Mac is set to drop a fee associated with refinancing deeply underwater loans.
By Ron Gallagher • May 8, 2012 -
Home-Builder Recovery Has Firm Foundations
The stock market has been bidding up major builders, and quarterly reports show why.
By Ron Gallagher • May 8, 2012 -
S&P: There's a Guessing Game Going On About Home Price Movement
Using San Francisco as an example, Standard & Poors' housing analysts look for signs of home-price trends.
By Ron Gallagher • May 7, 2012 -
Wells Fargo Doubles Down on Housing
Unlike the rest of the big four banks that dominated housing before the recession, the bank likes the opportunities it sees in the mortgage markets.
By Ron Gallagher • May 7, 2012 -
BoA Analysis Sees U.S. Homeownership Slipping More
Looking at foreclosures and other data, Bank of America figures home ownership getting down to about 63%, regardless of what people wish they could do.
By Ron Gallagher • May 7, 2012 -
Miami Absorbs Office Space as Developers Sit on Sidelines
Distressed properties, especially assets purchased at the height of the market, will continue to emerge for purchase.
By Ron Gallagher • May 7, 2012
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