Home Builders Face New Hurdles |
CNBC.com - Aug 16, 2011 |
Builders are on track to construct the fewest single family homes in history this year. Total housing starts in July were down 1.7 percent, month to month, which may not sound like a lot, but when you break the number down, you see the problem.
Single family starts were down 4.9 percent, while Multi-family starts rose 6.3 percent. Rental demand continues to rise, as consumer confidence in homeownership was decimated yet again by the recent debt turmoil in the economy.
I am reporting these numbers today from a construction site. Mid-Atlantic Builders of Rockville, MD is putting up the last phase of a large single family development out in Bowie, MD, which is about 15 minutes outside the DC Beltway. They are a mid-sized builder, about 40 to 50 homes a year, which is about a third of the business they did just five years ago.
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- Posted: 2011-08-16 12:30:50
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