Technically, the homebuilder sentiment index inched one point higher to 16 in November. But the gain was offset by a revised one-point dip in October’s reading, and the numbers remain well below those seen during a healthy hous…
One month doesn’t make a trend, but builders in the beleaguered U.S. construction sector will take any good news they can get, and in August they received some: an unexpected 0.4% increase in construction spending, led by government-funded projects.
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U.S. new-homes sales were unchanged in August, clocking in at a 288,000-unit annual rate — the second lowest level since 1963. Overall, new home sales flat-lined this summer after the home buyer tax credit ended, but there was…