Monthly Archives: December 2012

Sales of new single-family houses in November 2012 were 377,000 at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, up 4.4 percent from October’s revised rate and up 15.3 percent from November 2011

Washington, DC – U.S. house prices rose 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from September to October, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s monthly House Price Index (HPI). The previously reported 0.2 percent increase in September was revised … Continue reading →

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/12/18/home-market-builds-some-momentum/1778517/

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100326984

Building permits in November 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 899,000, up 3.6 percent from the revised October rate and up 26.8 percent from November 2011. Housing starts in November 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual … Continue reading →

CNBC

USA Today article on mortgage delinquincies

December 13, 2012 Board approves new approach to student assignments A majority of the Wake County school board approved a new approach to student assignment this week hoping they have found a way to marry elements of a now defunct … Continue reading →

Local new home market is smoking, YTD permits up 33% and the volume associated with the permits issued up 41%. November was an incredible month, permits issued up 75% and the volume associated with those permits up 94%.

November 2012 retail and food services sales were $412.4 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent from the previous month and an increase of 3.7 percent from one year earlier. Excluding autos, retail and food services sales in November were $336.8 … Continue reading →