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  1. US Construction Spending Dips 0.3 Percent

    Wed, 2 Jan 2013

    higher than a year ago. From July through September, residential construction grew at an annual rate of 13.5 percent. Housing construction according to statistics from the National Association of Home Builders . Builders are increasingly confident that the housing

  2. Home Builder Pulte Leads the Year's Gainers

    Mon, 31 Dec 2012

    Poor's 500 index in 2012. The Winners: — PulteGroup. Signs that a housing market rebound is under way boosted this home builder 's stock 187.8 percent to $18.16. — Sprint Nextel. The wireless carrier sold a 70 percent stake to Japanese cellphone

  3. Financial Stocks Were the Biggest Gainers of 2012

    Mon, 31 Dec 2012

    stocks of insurers and banks, led by Bank of America and Citigroup, gained 26.3 percent. — Consumer discretionary. Home builder PulteGroup and appliance maker Whirlpool were among the biggest gainers, pushing this sector up 21.9 percent. — Heath

  4. Money From Sandy Relief Concert Being Put to Work

    Mon, 31 Dec 2012

    paying for them." The foundation gave another $150,000 to the Mennonite Disaster Service, which has been dispatching home builders almost daily to New York City's Staten Island and the Rockaways all the way from Pennsylvania. Volunteers, mostly rural

  5. Home Builder Pulte Leads the Year's Gainers

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    Poor's 500 index in 2012. The Winners: — PulteGroup. Signs that a housing market rebound is under way boosted this home builder 's stock 182 percent. — Sprint Nextel. The wireless carrier sold a 70 percent stake to Japanese cellphone company Softbank

  6. Financial Stocks Were the Biggest Gainers of 2012

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    The stocks of insurers and banks, led by Bank of America and Citigroup, gained 25 percent. — Consumer discretionary. Home builder PulteGroup and appliance maker Whirlpool were among the biggest gainers, pushing this sector up 20 percent. — Heath care

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  1. Stocks Edge Higher as Traders Return From Holiday

    Wed, 26 Dec 2012

    Macy's gave up 52 cents to $37, Target fell 41 cents to $59.13 and Urban Outfitters fell 61 cents to $38.59. Home builder stocks were higher following the increase in home prices. Lennar rose 26 cents to $38.54 and PulteGroup rose 9 cents

  2. Gun Industry Shares Plunge After Shootings

    Wed, 19 Dec 2012

    spotlight today with an update from the Commerce Department this morning on November housing starts. The National Association of home builders says industry sentiment rose last month to its highest reading in six years. Two new decisions in the Apple vs. Samsung

  3. 5 Parts of the Country with Labor Shortages

    Tue, 4 Dec 2012

    their window," Graef said. Home Builders in Short Supply in Tampa Partly because of the housing recovery, home builders in Tampa, Fla., are reporting crisis of 2008. Now, with new home construction on the rise , contractors are

  4. Housing Starts Surged 3.6 Pct in October

    Tue, 20 Nov 2012

    annual pace of 894,000, the best rate in more than five years. Superstorm Sandy had a "minimal" effect on residential construction for October, the Commerce Department said, though the storm is expected to boost new building permits in

  5. Business Winners & Losers From Sandy

    Wed, 31 Oct 2012

    be to subtract about 0.6 percent from US economic growth in the October-December quarter. Retailers, airlines and home construction firms will likely lose some business. The storm cut power to about 7 million homes, shut down 70 percent of East Coast

  6. Home Sales on Track as Prices Rise

    Fri, 19 Oct 2012

    a year's supply of homes for sale. If the recovery remains on the track there will be demand for new homes. We saw in data earlier this week that home builders are more confident and planning to increae construction in coming months.

  7. Target, Best Buy to Match Online-Competitor Prices

    Thu, 18 Oct 2012

    housing collapse was a drag on the economy. But Wednesday's Commerce Department report showing a 15 percent rise in new home construction starts was even better than expected. Building permits for future construction jumped nearly 12 percent. Such growth

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  1. Jobs Report Shows 155,000 Jobs Added in December

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    five-year high, 2013 is expected to see an even bigger uptick in car buying. In the northeast, sandy also boosted home construction jobs. But there's also growing need in california and arizona, for contractors, master carpenters, and plumbers and

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    boosted home construction jobs.
  2. Housing Prices Increase Across America

    Tue, 4 Dec 2012

    ann arbor evangelist that family gave us a tour of their newly built home. Another bright spot, the nation's biggest home builder , toll brothers, reporting tonight, orders have risen sharply. The evangelistas' home is one of them. It's a steal

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  3. Residential Construction Plummets

    Thu, 17 Jul 2008

    construction of single family homes is down. 43%. overall residential construction actually rose in the United States. But that was largely bad housing news continues to pile up the outlook for home builders has dropped to the lowest level in twenty years. The

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    last year construction of single family homes is down. 43%. -- overall residential construction actually rose in the United States. But that was largely due to a surge in apartment building construction in New York City in advance of the change in the city's building code. As the bad housing news continues to pile up the outlook for home builders has dropped to the lowest level in twenty years. The survey results conducted by the national association of homebuilders. Has fallen steadily
  4. Webcast: On the Trail, Titanic Survivor and 'W.'

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    government announced new home construction fell lowest level. In better permits for future residential construction are at a 27. Year low really gives a sense that home builders are not building as many there buying new homes. Home builder builder sentiment is at

    Home Builders found at 2:48

    that we've seen since 1991. And it's really gives a sense that home builders are not building as many homes that there are not as many people out there buying new homes. Home builder -- builder sentiment is at one of the lowest it's ever been according to the survey. So this is not a good
  5. New Home Construction Figures Plummet

    Tue, 16 Dec 2008

    Home builders didn't live up to their name in record numbers last month. Yeah the Commerce Department says construction of new homes fell

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    Home builders didn't live up to their name in record numbers last month. Yeah the Commerce Department says construction of new homes fell by
  6. New Home Woes: Shoddy Construction

    Thu, 9 Nov 2006

    Potomac Maryland with a look at what can go wrong in new home construction Elizabeth. as more houses have been built consumer complaints problems and worse during a two year investigation of the home construction industry. It's the single largest purchase that most

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    Potomac Maryland with a look at what can go wrong in new home construction Elizabeth.
    kinds of problems and worse during a two year investigation of the home construction industry.
  7. Home Construction Down, but Permits Increase

    Tue, 20 Mar 2012

    There is the opening bell for this Tuesday march 20 hello everyone I'm Stephanie sigh in New York. In just the past hour we've gotten some mixed numbers on housing construction in analyze those numbers. Plus another buzz e-business headlines this morning as Suzanne how ran from Bloomberg TV Suzanne

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