Home Construction Is Slowest in 12 Years
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WASHINGTON -- Construction of new homes fell in August to the slowest pace in 12 years as troubles in the housing industry continued to intensify.
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The pace of U.S. home construction fell 2.1 percent in May to a slightly lower rate than analysts had expected while building permit activity, a signal of future building plans, increased more than anticipated, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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The pace of US homebuilding fell to its slowest rate in more than 16 years during December, figures show.
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U.S. home construction last year plummeted at a rate not seen since 1980, according to government figures released yesterday, one more indication of the depth of the building industry's problems.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- US homebuilders slowed their pace of new construction in September, with housing starts coming in 6 percent lower to put the seasonally adjusted, annual rate at 1.898 million units, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
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The pace of U.S. home construction fell 14.3 percent in January, the sharpest drop since October that bucked two months of increases and that was much worse than economists had expected, a government report on Friday showed.
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Home construction starts fell 2.6 percent in August to their lowest level in more than 12 years while building permit activity, a sign of future construction plans, also dropped to a low not seen since mid-1995, a government report on Wednesday showed.
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Pending sales of existing homes plunged by a record 12.2 percent in July, and private employers hired the fewest workers in more than four years in August, according to reports released on Wednesday that point to a weakening economy.
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U.S. homebuilder optimism sank for an  eighth consecutive month in September to the lowest level in  more than 15 years, with a surge in the backlog of unsold homes  putting development on ice, an industry survey showed on  Monday.
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U.S. home construction fell last  month for the first time since January, as builders struggled  with a glut of unsold homes, but permits for future  construction rose, offering mixed signals on the housing  outlook.
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Sales of new single-family U.S.  homes fell 8.3 percent in August to a 795,000 annual sales  pace, its slowest rate in over seven years, while the inventory  of homes dropped, a Commerce Department report showed on  Thursday.
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NEW YORK -- American shoppers took a breather last month as the worst housing recession in 16 years eroded demand for building materials, appliances, and furniture.
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Ground-breaking on new U.S. homes last month fell to the slowest pace since 1991 and fewer building permits were issued than any time since 1993, according to government data released Thursday that points to a deepening housing crisis and heightened risk of recession.
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The building-materials specialist bears the brunt of the downturn.
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Factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region contracted sharply in January and home-building in December fell to the slowest pace since the early 1990s, reports showed on Thursday, reinforcing fears of recession.
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The pace of U.S. home building fell  more sharply than expected in August as builders broke ground  on new homes at the slowest rate since April 2003, a government  report showed on Tuesday.
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Confidence among US home builders dropped to a 15-year low this month as sales slowed and profits dropped, according to a private survey released Monday.