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HUD, USDA reach accord on energy-efficiency standard for new construction

Housing Wire

Department of Agriculture (USDA) have settled on new energy-efficiency standards for the construction of new single-family and multifamily homes. This fulfills a requirement laid out in a 2007 law that directs the departments to adopt the most recently published energy-efficiency standards following reviews by the U.S.

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Single-family housing starts reach highest level since 2007

Housing Wire

Single-family housing starts continued their seven-month climb in November, coming in at the highest level since 2007, according to the Census Bureau. As a result of the pandemic, there has been a heightened demand for larger homes, which Kan said has driven more construction, home sales and mortgage originations. million starts.

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September single-family housing starts reached highest level since 2007

Housing Wire

above the revised August figure of 1.021 million, and a level not seen since 2007, Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae , said. million annualized units, a level not seen since 2007. . million annualized units, a level not seen since 2007. “While starts were up 10.4% “The former rose 8.5% over the month to 1.1

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Best Quarter for Townhouse Construction Since 2007

Eyes on Housing

Despite weakness for single-family construction in 2023, townhouse construction recorded the best quarter for starts in 16 years.

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Increase in housing starts has construction playing catch-up

Housing Wire

Single-family housing starts gained for the sixth consecutive month in October on an annualized pace not seen since April 2007, a Census Bureau report released Wednesday revealed. The post Increase in housing starts has construction playing catch-up appeared first on HousingWire. Housing starts overall rose 4.9% million, up 0.6%

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Hispanic Homeowners Reduce the Home Value Gap

Appraisal Buzz

The gap was as wide as 18% in 2012, following the global financial crisis of 2007–2009, when many minority communities were hit especially hard, setting back progress by several years. However, the gap remains wider compared to mid-2022 (17.2%) and mid-2007, shortly before the housing bust (16.3%). last year and a recent high of 12.4%

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Watchdog report: Institutional investors ‘may have contributed to increasing home prices’

Housing Wire

Large institutional investors typically emerged following a raft of defaults and foreclosures stemming from the 2007-08 financial crisis , putting inventory on the market from 2007-09. Studies GAO reviewed found that no investor owned 1,000 or more single-family rental homes as of late 2011,” the results said.

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