December home builder sentiment holds at record low
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Home builder sentiment held at a record low for a third consecutive month in December, weighed down by problems in the mortgage market and a huge supply of unsold houses, an industry group said on Monday.
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Home building projects started in November fell by 3.7 percent as the pace of single-family home construction was the slowest in more than 16 years, a government report on Tuesday showed.
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Home construction rebounded in the United States in November after a big drop the month before, but permits for upcoming building fell to a nine-year low, suggesting weakness persists in the new-home market, government figures released today showed.
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Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, said on Wednesday that foreclosures and late payments rose in December to the highest on record, sending its shares tumbling for a second day to their lowest in nearly 13 years.
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The home builder said on Tuesday declining home values would lead to its first quarterly loss since it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1995, sending its shares to a three-year low.
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U.S. home sales will be a good deal   weaker this year than earlier thought as potential buyers   remain on the sidelines waiting for better deals, a national   real estate group said on Thursday.
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Home building projects started in December fell by a sharper-than-expected 14.2 percent to their lowest level in more than 16 years, while permits for future building hit a 14-year low, a government report on Thursday showed.
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The number of newly-built US homes fell to the lowest level for nearly a decade in January, official figures show.
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Homebuilder sentiment slid in July to  its lowest since January 1991 as fallout from the housing slump  and subprime mortgage crisis caused a glut of new homes, the  National Association of Home Builders said on Tuesday.
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Retail sales in December were unexpectedly weak with the three month figure at its lowest since November 2006.
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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 building rose, offering mixed signals on the housing outlook.
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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, according to reports on Thursday that reinforced fears of recession.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumer confidence dipped in December, suggesting Americans are feeling less cheery _ but are not downright gloomy _ as they hit the malls during the holiday season.
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A survey-based barometer of business activity in the Chicago area fell four points to a seasonally adjusted 61.2 points in December, the National Association of Purchasing Management - Chicago, said.
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U.S. consumer sentiment ebbed in December as consumers pared back their view of their future financial conditions, raising concerns on the outlook for spending.
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U.S. consumer sentiment rose less than expected in January from December, although worries persisted over sharp declines in the stock market and the housing slump, a survey released on Friday showed.
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U.S. consumers' mood brightened a bit in late December, but still soured for the month as a whole, the third straight month that it did so, leaving sentiment near its lowest since Hurricane Katrina, a report showed on Friday.