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New Home Sales Rise 2.3% in April

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for April. Sales rose 2.3% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000, from an upwardly ...
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March Construction Spending Cools Off

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in March dropped 1.7% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $856.7 billion from a downwardly revised estimate of ...
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Construction Spending Rises on Revisions

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in February rose by 1.2% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $885.1 billion from a downwardly revised estimate ...
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Sales of New Homes Struggled Last Month

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for February. Sales fell 4.6% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 411,000, from an upwardly ...
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Housing Starts Rise, but Less Than Expected

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported this morning that new housing starts in February rose to an annual seasonally adjusted rate of 917,000, ...
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Construction Spending Drops in January

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in January fell by 2.1% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of $883.3 billion from a revised estimate of ...
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New Home Sales Rise Sharply in January, Inventory Slides

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for January. Sales rose 15.6% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 437,000, from a revised ...
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New Home Sales Jump, Prices Rise Too

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for November. Sales rose 4.4% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 377,000, the highest point ...
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Retail Sales Bounce Higher

This morning’s report on U.S. November retail sales showed a seasonally adjusted rise of 0.3% month-over-month and a 3.7% rise over the total for November 2011. Total sales for the ...
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New Home Sales, Prices Take Unexpected Dip

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for October. Sales fell 0.3% month-over-month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 368,000. Economists had been ...
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Housing Starts at Four-Year High

New housing starts in September soared to an annual seasonally adjusted rate of 872,000, an increase of 15% from the revised August rate of 758,000 and a gain of 34.8% ...
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August New Home Sales Disappoint

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released data on new single-family home sales for August. Economists had been expecting a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 380,000, and were disappointed by ...
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U.S. Retail Sales Better than Expected (M, GPS, AMZN, WMT, TGT, BBY, RSH)

According to today’s report from the U.S. Census Bureau, retail and food services sales in August rose 0.9% month-over-month and 4.7% compared with August 2011. Economists had been expecting an ...
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Construction Spending Up 9% in First Six Months of 2012

Spending on construction rose 9% year-over-year in the first six months of 2012, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. In June, spending rose to a seasonally ...
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New Home Sales at 2-year High

The US Census Bureau reported this morning that new home sales for the month of May reached a seasonally adjusted annual total of 369,000, much better than the April total ...
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