Tag: housing starts
March is a down month for multifamily housing construction
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for March showed multifamily permits were flat for the month, and that was the relative bright spot....
Fannie Mae lowers housing starts forecasts on higher interest rates
Fannie Mae’s March economic forecast calls for multifamily housing starts to decline modestly through the end of 2025. Single-family housing starts are expected to...
Fannie Mae predicts a soft landing for economy
Fannie Mae’s February economic forecast calls for a steady decline in inflation while both GDP growth and employment growth remain positive, if subdued. The...
Census report foretells multifamily construction slowdown
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for January showed rising level of multifamily construction completions. However, both multifamily permits and starts were down...
Fannie Mae no longer forecasts recession
Fannie Mae’s January economic forecast is their first since April 2022 that does not anticipate that the U.S. economy will go into recession as...
Multifamily construction starts higher while completions fall
The Census Bureau’s new residential construction report for October stated that the number of multifamily construction permits and starts were up from the levels...
Multifamily starts forecast lower
Fannie Mae’s October economic and housing forecast predicts lower multifamily starts in both 2023 and 2024 than called for in last month’s forecast. Multifamily starts...
Multifamily starts slowdown forecast to come later
Fannie Mae’s September economic and housing forecast predicts higher multifamily starts in 2023 but lower multifamily starts in 2024 than called for in last...
Fannie Mae forecasts lower multifamily starts
Fannie Mae’s August economic and housing forecast predicts higher single-family starts but lower multifamily starts than did last month’s forecast. Multifamily starts slow The current forecast...
Economic momentum drives Fannie Mae forecast
Fannie Mae’s July economic and housing forecast reflects the surprising strength of the U.S. economy in early 2023. It predicts a higher level of...
Fannie Mae forecasts later downturn
Fannie Mae’s June economic and housing forecast predicts that the expected economic downturn will occur slightly later than did other recent forecasts. It also...
Fannie Mae forecasts shallower multifamily downturn
Fannie Mae’s April economic and housing forecast reduces the depth of the predicted downturn in multifamily housing starts, although it leaves the timing of...
Fannie Mae forecasts later recession
Fannie Mae’s March economic and housing forecasts shift the timing of the expected recession to later in 2023 than predicted in recent forecasts. This...
Recession coming, but later
Fannie Mae’s January economic and housing forecasts predict a stronger finish for multifamily starts in 2022 and a higher number of multifamily starts in...
Fannie Mae lowers multifamily housing starts forecast
Fannie Mae’s December economic and housing forecasts predict a larger decline in multifamily housing starts over the next two years than in earlier forecasts....
