“Consistent, positive reports on housing starts, permits, prices, new-home sales and builder confidence in recent months provide further confirmation that a gradual but steady housing recovery is underway across much of the nation. However, stubbornly tight lending standards for home buyers and builders, inaccurate appraisals and proposals by policymakers to tamper with the mortgage interest deduction could dampen future housing demand.”
– NAHB Chief Economist David Crow
In this issue:
- UST: MSP Residential Real Estate Index
- Elliot Eisenberg Forecast – January 8th Dinner Meeting
- NAHB: Housing Starts Slip, Permits Rise in November
- TC Housing Statistics
- Regional/National Statistics