National Housing Starts: Best Since 2008
Sunday, January 20th, 2013 Posted in New Construction Market Stats | No Comments »2012 seasonally-adjusted U.S. new-housing starts were the highest since 2008, with 954,000 new housing starts. That was up 36.9% from 2011’s 780,000 starts. December 2012 numbers were up too. Here’s how the four U.S. regions fared in December. Midwest: +24.7% Northeast: +21.4% South: +3.8% West: +18.7% Even better, ...
Boise New Homes Everywhere!
Saturday, December 29th, 2012 Posted in New Construction Market Stats | 2 Comments »In case you haven’t noticed, there are a LOT of new homes going up in the Boise real estate market! Our new construction market was decimated in the downturn of the past few years, but now many buyers are opting for ...
National Home Prices Rising
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 Posted in New Construction Market Stats | No Comments »The oft-quoted S&P/Case-Shiller home price index showed 16 out of 20 metropolitan areas posting annual gains in July. For the third month in a row, all 20 markets in the index had price gains over the prior month. (The Boise real estate ...
National New Home Sales Are Up
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 Posted in New Construction Market Stats | No Comments »New home sales across the U.S. increased a healthy 27.7% from a year ago and remain near a two-year high, with every region up in the last year. Nationally, months’ supply of new homes now stands at 4.5 months. The median sales ...
Boise New Homes: This Year vs. Last Year
Friday, September 28th, 2012 Posted in New Construction Market Stats | No Comments »Here’s a comparison of 2011 vs. 2012 year-to-date new home sales. 2011 # Sold: 622 Average Sales Price: $232,731 Median Sales Price: $205,000 2012 # Sold: 984 % Change: +58.2% Average Sales Price: $241,377 % Change: +3.7% Median Sales Price: $213,875 % Change: +4.3% YTD = January 1st through September 25th of ...
