Latest Headlines May 19, 2013 5/16. Housing Statistics - Print All (pdf) 5/16. Housing Starts 5/6. NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) 5/2. Executive Level Forecast 5/1. May Special Study Report 4/24. Starts Forecast, State & Top 100 Metro 4/23. New Home Sales NATIONAL UPDATE 5/2. The economy bounced back from its fourth quarter slump with real GDP growth of 2.5% in the first quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s advance estimate.... Full Story May 2013       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   June 2013             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30             what home buyers really want 5/01. NAHB recently released What Home Buyers Really Want, a report aimed at providing our members the most current and accurate information on home buyer preferences so that they can deliver the home (and community) that today’s buyers want and are willing to pay for....Full Story       = Available exclusively to HousingEconomics Executive Subscribers Terms of Service

Name Current Previous SF Housing Starts (5/16) 610 Th 623 Th Building Permits (5/16) 1.017 M 890 Th HMI (5/15) 44 41 New Sales (4/23) 417 Th 411 Th Existing Sales (4/22) 4.92 M 4.95 M SF Home Prices - New (4/23) $247.0Th $264.9Th SF Home Prices - Existing (4/22) $185.1Th $173.5 Th 30-yr Fixed (5/16) 3.51% 3.42% 1-yr ARM (5/16) 2.55% 2.53% 5/16. Inflation Indicators 5/15. Producer Price Index for Selected Building Materials (Part 1) 5/15. Producer Price Index for Selected Building Materials (Part II) 5/3. Employment Indicators and Industrial Production 5/2. Demographics, Personal Income and Consumer Confidence 4/26. Gross Domestic Product   • Building Permits by Metro • Employment by Metro  • NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) • View More Economic and Housing Data on www.nahb.org