February 2012
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Feb 29th
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Builders Highlight Often-Hidden Costs of Buying a... →
Is buying a foreclosed home really a better deal? Not always. Click the headline to find out why…
Feb 29th
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Feb 28th
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Texans Saving Energy and Cash in Net-Zero Homes →
Check out this article from Green Tech Enterprise on how some homeowners are running the math and deciding to go ‘green.’
Feb 28th
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Pending Home Sales Up! →
Good news on pending home sales from our economics blog, Eye on Housing! Click the headline to read more.
Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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Buffett says he’d buy ‘millions’ of single-family homes if he could. What do you think of this?
Feb 27th
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Feb 27th
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Feb 24th
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New-Home Sales Virtually Flat in January →
New Home Sales for January were up year-over-year, but down slightly from December. Click the headline to learn more.
Feb 24th
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In Support of a Federal Thumb in the Housing Pie →
On Wednesday, NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg published a letter to the editor in the Washington Times responding to their commentary, “Get the Fed Out of the Housing Market.” Click the headline above to check it out!
Feb 24th
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Architects See Glimmers of Hope for New... →
There are lots of signs that home building is truly back. Click the headline for one more you can share.
Feb 23rd
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A Look Inside Builders' Books →
People love to say, “The bottom line is…” But what *is* the bottom line for builders? A new report from NAHB updates our “Cost of Doing Business” study with 2012 figures. Just click the headline and Eye On Housing tells you more.
Feb 23rd
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What features are not making the cut in recession-built new homes? Check out this report from Phoenix for one perspective…
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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January's Existing Home Sales Up 4.3% →
More good news from our friends over at the National Association of Realtors! Click the headline to read coverage from the New York Times.
Feb 22nd
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HOI At An All-Time High →
Some great news to lead into today’s Existing Home Sales numbers…the Housing Opportunity Index hit a high-water mark in Q4 2011! Click the healine above to read more!
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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More New Homes Conserve Energy →
One of the ways that ‘new’ can compete with existing inventory…going green! Click the headline above to read the USA Today article.
Feb 21st
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Newly Constructed Home Trends in 2011 →
We’ve been watching Housing Starts slowly climb this past year. But what are those new houses looking like? Our economics blog, Eye On Housing, breaks it down for you…
Feb 21st
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