By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes rose a modest 1% in July after a string of declines as new home prices soar to record levels. Sales last month reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 708,000, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Sales had fallen in April, May and
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Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos spoke with FOX Business’ Neil Cavuto ahead of his trip on the aerospace company’s New Shepard rocket for its first-ever crewed launch, noting that he feels ‘very good’ about the adventure. The job growth and presumably high incomes at aerospace giants like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin
Home prices are soaring, pushed higher by a combination of record-low mortgage rates, strong demand from buyers and a lingering lack of new construction. In 2021, a new factor put pressure on home prices: Month after month, lumber prices jumped to new highs. Lumber costs soared more than 30 percent from January through May. However,
PEORIA — High lumber prices are causing the cost of building a new home to grow in the Peoria area even as home construction numbers are rebounding, local homebuilders say. “New home prices have been affected by the lumber prices that are driving the prices higher,” said Scott Lewis of Scott Lewis Homes. “The increase of lumber has been
On Thursday morning, eXp World Holdings reveal that in the first quarter of 2021 it raked in $583.3 million — a 115 percent increase compared to the same period last year. It’s hard to spin that news as anything but positive. And yet, in the hours after eXp revealed its earnings, the price of shares
Home construction is booming at a rapid pace across the Austin region — but it’s still not fast enough to keep up with torrid demand, builders and local housing market experts say. Builders started work on a record number of new homes in the Austin area in the first quarter, according to Zonda, a firm that