Posts with tag census bureau

In today's housing market, the only sure thing seems to be renting a home. Consumers, investors and lenders are all entering or reentering the rental market in droves, making this subsector of the housing market prime for continued growth. According to U.S. Census data, over 2 million people between the ages of 20... Continue Reading »

New homes construction ticked up only 0.3 percent from August to September. The 610,000 new homes begun last month represent a 28 percent rise from the record low of 477,000 in April 2007, though. That's based on Census Bureau housing-starts figures dating back to 1959. The relatively small increase is mostly in... Continue Reading »

New York and New Jersey are the states with the highest-taxed counties, but upstate New York has it the worst. Counties in upstate New York put a proportionally higher tax burden on homeowners, despite lower home values there, so their tax rates are effectively higher, reports the nonpartisan tax research group The Tax... Continue Reading »

The federal government says foreclosure prevention has helped millions of people. But sometimes it seems hard to find a pundit or news story that mentions foreclosure prevention program without using the word "failed," often in the headline. Whom should you believe? Government officials say 2.8 million homeowners at risk... Continue Reading »

It's official: The housing market stinks. So when's the turnaround coming? Sales of new homes went into a freefall in May without the government's artificial lifeline. No wonder homebuilders were feeling so glum in June. Analysts were expecting a dip in the housing market, but nothing this bad. New home sales dropped... Continue Reading »