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Top 100 builders nab 50 percent of new-home closings in 2012.
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Hanley Wood's chief economist Jonathan Smoke predicts today's new-home sales print prefigures a trend toward increasing market share for new vs. existing sales.
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Hanley Wood chief economist Jonathan Smoke says "don't get fooled again" on today's housing starts data from the United States Department of Commerce. Just beneath the headlines, upward revisions, single-family traction, and boots-on-the-ground evidence show new residential construction is perking...
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Cash-only purchases of new homes appear to be declining.
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Growth in market share benefits the nation's largest builders.
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Consumer research provides clues to builders on how to convince home shoppers to buy new.
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Research on home shopper preference for new construction informed a new ad campaign to increase awareness about new homes.
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A sign that housing has turned a corner is the fact that home prices are showing positive appreciation in 2012.
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Forecast shows improvement in most markets.