Housing Starts
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Builders slow starts in May to rebalance pricing and incentives
Jun 16, 2026The real story in today’s Monthly New Residential Construction release from the Census Bureau isn’t a collapse in construction. It’s a production strategy that took shape months ago. Headlines – and their sibling, “headline risk” –don’t enjoy a particularly good reputation among most homebuilding business executives who have chosen to talk with and listen to […]
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New zoning laws won’t help housing starts grow
Jun 16, 2026 -
New home sales fall, but the trend is still sideways
May 28, 2026 -
Single-family housing starts fell in April, but multifamily gained momentum
May 21, 2026 -
Why housing construction can’t grow at current demand levels
May 21, 2026 -
Housing starts overachieved in March amid warning signs aplenty
Apr 29, 2026 -
White House backs deregulation as it looks to address estimated 10M housing deficit
Apr 14, 2026 -
New home sales still at multiyear highs
Feb 20, 2026 -
2025 housing starts fell 7%, but builders glimpse clues of an uptick
Feb 19, 2026 -
December jobs data continues to support lower mortgage rates
Jan 10, 2026 -
Housing starts fall to lowest point since 2020, led by a stall in the Sun Belt
Jan 09, 2026 -
Disappointing housing permits show why we need 6% mortgage rates
Sep 17, 2025