Latest Headlines June 19, 2013 6/18. Housing Statistics - Print All (pdf) 6/18. Housing Starts 6/6. NAHB/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) 6/3. Executive Level Forecast 6/3. June Special Study Report 5/23. New Home Sales NATIONAL UPDATE 5/31. As expected, the economy appears to be weakening. The Commerce Department’s second estimate of real GDP growth in the first quarter of the year was 2.4%,... Full Story 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             July 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       what home buyers really want 6/07. In the housing industry, it has become common practice to use a rate of return to evaluate the cost and benefits of energy efficiency. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), for example, has a policy that classifies a change in building codes as cost effective if it returns at least 10 percent in energy savings the first year...Full Story       = Available exclusively to HousingEconomics Executive Subscribers Terms of Service

Name Current Previous SF Housing Starts (6/18) 599 Th 597 Th Building Permits (6/18) 974 Th 1.005 M HMI (6/17) 52 44 New Sales (5/23) 454 Th 444 Th Existing Sales (5/22) 4.97 M 4.94 M SF Home Prices - New (5/23) $271.6Th $250.7Th SF Home Prices - Existing (5/22) $193.3Th $184.5 Th 30-yr Fixed (6/13) 3.98% 3.91% 1-yr ARM (6/13) 2.58% 2.58% 6/18. Inflation Indicators 6/14. Producer Price Index for Selected Building Materials (Part II) 6/14. Producer Price Index for Selected Building Materials (Part 1) 6/14. Employment Indicators and Industrial Production 5/31. Demographics, Personal Income and Consumer Confidence 5/30. 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