Housing starts increase in August
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TORONTO -- Housing starts in Canada were up in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 241,500 according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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Foreclosure filings rose 36 percent in  August from July and 115 percent from a year ago, hit by  declines in once-hot housing markets such as California, Nevada  and Florida, according to a report released on Tuesday.
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Sales of new homes, after falling for three months, rose in August. But the gain was expected to be temporary as the battered housing industry struggles with a near-record level of unsold homes.
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Business activity in the U.S. Midwest  expanded in August for a 16th straight month but at a slower  pace than expected, as pricing pressures mounted, a report  showed on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON &#151; Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said yesterday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate increases.
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NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH -- By its own modest standards, Massachusetts is experiencing a homebuilding boom. Through the first nine months of 2004, the state issued permits for more than 15,000 units of new housing, up about 10 percent from the same period a year ago. If the current pace continues, Massachusetts would build more housing this year than it has in ...
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Business & money: Signs that four increases since August are starting to bite as housing market cools.
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Business & money: House prices rose by just 0.8% last month as the planned June 1 start date for home information packs drove more sellers on to the market.
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Consumer prices rose slightly in August, easing fears that inflation, which surged earlier this year, would rapidly pick up steam.
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Pending sales of U.S. homes rose 4.3 percent in August in a sign the nation's housing market might be stabilizing, a trade association said on Monday.
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US retail sales excluding autos rose for a fourth month in August, suggesting stronger consumer spending that will help the economy accelerate this quarter.
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U.S. consumers spent at a   stronger-than-expected pace in August and import prices rose   steadily, according to government reports on Thursday that   hinted the economy may not be slowing quickly enough to curb   inflation pressures.
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A jump in starts on single-family  housing pushed total U.S. housing starts to a nearly 21-year  high in January, but other data released on Wednesday were not  as robust.
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Construction spending surged in August to the highest level on record, while manufacturing grew at a slower pace in September, offering mixed signals about the economy's strength.
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Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly   rose in August to a seasonally adjusted 1.050 million   annualized rate after a sharp downward revision in July's   tally, while the inventory of homes for sale eased slightly, a   government report showed on Wednesday.
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Sales of new homes rose by 9.4 percent in August, the Commerce Department said Monday, as mortgage interest rates remained at low-enough levels to continue enticing buyers worried about future rate hikes.
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Sales of new homes unexpectedly rose  2.8 percent to an 870,000 annual sales pace in July, reversing  two months of declines, and inventories eased, a Commerce  Department report showed on Friday.