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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... across the country rose by 7.8 per cent from July to a two-year high, and were up 9.3 per cent from a year ago. Home builders in particular benefited from a separate report from the Commerce Department showing housing starts rose 2.3 per cent from July ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... certainly is what the fresher, more up-to-date reading of homebuilder confidence implies. The National Association of Home Builders(NAHB)/Wells Fargo sentiment index steadied in March, remaining at it highest level since June 2007. Similarly, builder ...

Europe push-US pull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... production is now on par with the boom conditions we've seen pre-GFC. Wait there's more. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence rose to 20 in November, up 3 from a reading of 17 in October. This is the highest ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... plus 11.9 in May. Readings below zero signal a contraction in the (New York) state. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder confidence index declined by 3 points - the biggest drop in a year -- to 13 in June - the lowest in level ...

Been there, done that

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... fears anyway. There was again no shortage of bad news overnight. In the United States, the National Association of Home Builders confidence index sank to 14 in July from a 16 in the previous month. This the lowest level since March 2009. Hold on. Wasn't ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... Housing starts are now 21.1 per cent higher than last year. More good news on housing. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo activity index rose to 17 in February from 15 the previous month - also higher than the expected rise to 16. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... day after a pullback that did little to quiet analysts' calls for a break in the rally. Financial companies and home builders have been among the biggest gainers in the recent run. Many of these companies still face major hurdles with bad debt and the ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... with the US housing report? The contradiction lies in the fact that only two days ago, a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo report showed that its index of US builder confidence rose to 16 in May - the highest level since last September ...

Easing Libor pains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... the right direction. Capital is coming back and credit is loosening. You want proof? The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of US builder confidence rose to 16 in May - the highest level since last September - following an increase ...

Vantage point

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... Street sat, it also saw that US homebuilders confidence returning. The Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) housing market index rose to 14 in April - the highest since October last year -- from 9 in the previous month. For ...