Washington, D.C. — Housing starts for October came in 3.2 percent below expectations at 1,228,000, a 2.9 percent drop from October of last year.  While starts increased slightly from September’s…

Washington, D.C. — Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 3.5 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 629,000 units after downwardly revised June and July reports,…

Scott Volling, principal, PwC, offered the following commentary on recently released statistics on July housing starts and permits: Housing starts for July came in at 1,168,000, 7.3% below the consensus…