12 Very Ugly Charts On The State Of The Housing Market
- npatel81
- Jun 17, 2010
- 1 min read
via Clusterstock on 6/17/10
A housing has to be considered one of the biggest pre-requisites to a full-on economic recovery, given its still-oversized role in the economy, and the number of folks employed in the industry. And lately it’s looking like the industry will continue to be a drag. From the Case-Shiller numbers to mortgage applications to new housing starts, nothing screams “V” at all. The latest is that Toll Brothers is getting pessimistic again. We’ve rounded up some charts related to housing to give you a quick picture of how the numbers look, and how the market has been reacting.
Toll Brothers is barely off its recent lows
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Same with homebuilder Lennar
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Mortgage Purchase Applications at multi-year lows.
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Housing starts are stalled
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A longer look at housing starts shows jut how depressed our current level is.
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The latest Case-Shiller shows a sequential dip in national prices.
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Homebuilder confidence remains very depressed.
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Lumber prices in freefall
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Home Depot looking very sickly
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Homebuilder Hovnanian well off recent highs, and not bouncing back
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Same with Pulte Homes
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Finally, the overall homebuilders index.
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