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Day: May 23, 2025

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Volatile Spring Selling Season Continues

Robert DietzMay 23, 2025May 23, 202505 mins

The Census estimate of new home sales posted an unexpected gain in April even as builders and consumers continue to deal with economic uncertainty, elevated interest rates and rising building material costs. Sales of newly built, single-family homes in April increased 10.9% to a 743,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from a downwardly revised March number,…

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94% Multifamily Built-for-Rent Share

Robert DietzMay 23, 2025May 16, 202502 mins

According to NAHB analysis of quarterly Census data, the count of multifamily, for-rent housing starts increased during the first quarter of 2025. For the quarter, 88,000 multifamily residences started construction. Of this total, 83,000 were built-for-rent. This was almost 11% higher than the first quarter of 2024. The market share of rental units of multifamily…

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