Text size In April, one-unit housing starts fell 7.3% month over month. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Gauges of new-home construction showed signs of a slowing housing market, according to preliminary data released Wednesday—but not every part of the market appears to have slumped. Building permits in April fell 3.2% […]
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High inflation boosted IT contractor jobs market in May 2022
High inflation appears to have boosted the less quickly growing IT contractor jobs market, as the slowdown in growth in temporary technology billings paused in May. In Report on Jobs, the REC suggests that rising costs made employers scrutinising the bottom line turn to temps rather than add members of […]
‘Lots of stagflation in the new home market’: Homebuilder ETFs are struggling
Hi! In this week’s ETF Wrap, we look at the steep drop in homebuilder ETFs this year, as new homes sales have fallen in the U.S. amid high prices and rising interest rates. Please send tips and feedback to [email protected] You can also find me on Twitter at @cidzelis and […]
Real estate investment firms are crowding the housing market in Columbus and similar cities | News
As real estate investment firms across the country calculate which markets to swoop into to buy up housing stock, home buyers searching for a place to live are often left empty handed. While the firms claim to fulfill a desire in the community for more rental housing, experts in Columbus […]
Good news for home buyers? Fannie Mae chief economist says the U.S. housing market has finally turned a corner. Here’s why.
The inventory shortage, high prices and rising interest rates have finally bitten. Single-family home sales fell sharply by 16.6% in April to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 591,000, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. That was the slowest rate of sales since April 2020 during the earliest days […]
New Austin home construction boom creating a builder’s market
The Home Builders Association of Greater Austin explains why escalation and termination clauses are being used more. AUSTIN, Texas — Buying a newly built home in Austin’s hot housing market can be a challenge. Labor and material shortages, demand for housing and COVID-19 all play a role. Several homebuyers told […]
Latest homebuilder rankings provide peek into regional housing market
Construction at HHHunt Homes’ Rutland Grove subdivision in 2020. HHHunt ranked No. 2 on the Home Building Association of Richmond’s annual list of its top 10 member builders. (BizSense file photos) Business appears to remain strong among the area’s busiest homebuilders as the region’s housing market begins to show signs […]
IT contractor jobs market losing steam, despite historical growth holding up
The IT contractor jobs market is losing steam, even if demand for technology skills on a temporary basis grew in April 2022 at a historically high level, an index refresh shows. So in line with signs in March that the breakneck pace of IT contractor hiring was faltering, the REC […]
Home Builder Software Market Vendor Assessment (Company Profiles, Market Positioning, Strategies, Recent Developments, Capabilities & Product Offerings / Mapping), Technology Assessment (Developments & Economic Impact), Partner & Customer..
Market Data Centre Pune, May 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vendor Assessment Vendor assessment involves a comprehensive analysis of how vendors are able to handle demand in Home Builder Software Market. The MDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed for providing an outlook on the competitive fitness of vendors. It […]
Home Furniture Market Performance and Consumption in Europe
DUBLIN, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ –The “Furniture Retailing in Europe“ report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Furniture retailing in Europe offers an in-depth analysis of the home furniture distribution in 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United […]
DWS Makes Strategic Investment in its Alternatives Distribution Platform to Expand the Reach of its Real Estate Expertise to the Retail Market
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DWS Group, a global asset manager and one of the world’s largest real estate investment managers, today announced it is making a strategic investment in its Americas Alternatives distribution platform to make its real estate products more widely available to the retail market. The investment is part of […]
‘The housing market faces an inflection point’: Home-builder confidence declines as interest rates rise
The numbers: The National Association of Home Builders’ monthly confidence index once again fell two points from the previous month to a reading of 77 in April, the trade group said Monday. The index remains at the lowest level since September. Nevertheless, index readings above 50 indicate that more builders believe that conditions […]