Value of building permits cooled in August, after hot June and ...
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OTTAWA (CP) - Building intentions cooled in August after a hot June and July, says Statistics Canada. The value of building permits issued by municipalities in August fell by 4.6 per cent to $4.
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Housing construction in August jumped to its highest level in five months, a dose of encouraging news for the economy's expansion.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 30, 2004 - After taking a rest in June, the nation&#39;s consumers were full of energy last month, boosting their spending by a strong 0.8 percent, a hopeful sign the economy may be emerging from a summer funk.
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House prices in England and Wales fell slightly in August, according to figures from property research company Hometrack, offering another sign the market may be cooling in the face of higher interest rates.
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Business & money: Barbecue-free summer forces early discounts.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Nat&#39;l Assn. of Purchasing Management&#39;s regional business activity surveys rose in June. The Chicago-area gauge eased to 60.2 vs. 61.7, but still remains solid. The Milwaukee index jumped to 66 from 58. Better auto production and exports helped, and could boost national activity. The index for New York City rose to 451.5 from 450.2, and the outlook improved as well.
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Statistics from June mean more waiting for investors.
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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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Ok, so most consumer prices barely budged in August. Inflation is far from a threat now. And things, especially in Michigan, aren&#39;t exactly smoking.
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By Cynthia Needham; Journal Staff Writer  WARWICK - Typically, the question of beach access is reserved for the warmer months, when one might actually want to go to the beach.
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The monthly figures may provide some relief however, that the UK housing market is not showing signs of a sustained downward trend after last month&#39;s figures showed a drop in prices of 0.1pc from August.
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Foreclosure filings rose 36 percent in  August from July and 115 percent from a year ago, hit by  declines in once-hot housing markets such as California, Nevada  and Florida, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will crank up air conditioners and push the city's power grid to the limit &#151; but some have found a cool alternative.
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An expected spike in mortgage rates was supposed to cool off the red-hot housing market, but that spike failed to happen, and real estate sales remained strong in July both locally and nationally, according to reports released yesterday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A robust housing market and higher prices for building materials, labour and land pushed up prices for new houses across the country in August, says Statistics Canada.
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WASHINGTON - After taking a rest in June, the nation's consumers were full of energy last month, boosting their spending by 0.8 percent, a hopeful sign the economy may be emerging from a summer funk.    The over-the-month increase in consumer spending, reported by the Commerce Department on Monday, marked a turnaround from the 0.2 percent decline registered in June, when high energy prices and a sluggish job market made for more cautious buyers...
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Business & money: House prices rose by just 0.8% last month as the planned June 1 start date for home information packs drove more sellers on to the market.