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Mandeville Trailhead Community Market, Saturday, November 3, 2012

Mandeville Trailhead Community Market

675 Lafitte Street
Mandeville, LA 70448

Saturday, November 3, 2012
9:00AM – 1:00PM

For More Information, call 985-845-4515 or E-mail [email protected].

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www.mandevilletrailhead.org

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Madisonville Historic Museum Tour, Sunday, November 4, 2012

Madisonville Historic Museum

201 Cedar Street
Madisonville, Louisiana 70447

Sunday, November 4, 2012
12:00pm – 4:00pm

Bring the kids and tour a piece of history in St. Tammany Parish! A perfect weekend outing! FREE to the public!

Open Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 4:00 p.m. Call 985-845-2100 for More Information.

Madisonville Historic Museum Tour, Saturday, November 3, 2012

Madisonville Historic Museum

201 Cedar Street
Madisonville, Louisiana 70447

Saturday, November 3, 2012
12:00pm – 4:00pm

Bring the kids and tour a piece of history in St. Tammany Parish! A perfect weekend outing! FREE to the public!

Open Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 4:00 p.m. Call 985-845-2100 for More Information.

ST/WHBA Sales & Marketing Council Meeting, Tuesday, November 13, 2012

St. Tammany/Washington Parishes Home Builders Association
Sales & Marketing Council Meeting

Iberia Bank
850 N. Causeway Blvd.
Mandeville, LA 70448

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
9:00AM – 10:00AM

For More Information, Call 985-882-5002 or E-mail [email protected].

ST/WHBA Monthly Membership Luncheon, Tuesday, December 4, 2012

St. Tammany/Washington Parishes Home Builders Association
Monthly Membership Luncheon

Benedict’s Plantation
1144 North Causeway Boulevard
Mandeville, LA 70471

Tuesday, December 4, 2012
11:45AM

For More Information, Call 985-882-5002 or E-mail [email protected].

 

Housing Starts Rise 2.3 Percent in August on Strength in Single-Family

Nationwide housing production rose 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 750,000 units in August, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. This increase was fueled entirely by gains in the single-family sector, where the pace of new construction rose in every region for a combined 5.5 percent gain to 535,000 units.

“Builders across the country have been reporting noticeable improvement in the number of serious buyers who are in the market for a new home, and today’s report shows that this is translating to some welcome gains in construction activity,” said Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. “While there is still plenty of room for improvement, it’s encouraging to see this continuing trend that is spurring much-needed job growth.” For every 100 new single-family homes that are built, 300 new jobs are created, he noted.

“The pace of overall housing production has been edging gradually upward all year as consumers become more confident in their local housing markets, and the latest data are further evidence that the housing recovery is here to stay,” added NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe. “That said, the pace of this recovery continues to be constrained by various hurdles, including a tough lending environment, inaccurate appraisals and more recently, rising prices on key building materials.”

housing-startsAt 535,000 units, single-family housing production hit its fastest seasonally adjusted annual pace in more than two years this August. Meanwhile, multifamily housing production declined 4.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 215,000 units.

Regionally, combined starts numbers were mixed, with the Midwest and South posting gains of 20.7 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively, and the Northeast and West posting respective declines of 12.6 percent and 4.3 percent. However, single-family starts rose in every region in August.

Issuance of new building permits, which can be an indicator of future building activity, edged down one percent to a rate of 803,000 units in August following a surge in the previous month, with single-family permits holding virtually unchanged at 512,000 units and multifamily permits down 3.0 percent to 291,000 units.

Regionally, combined permitting activity rose 7.9 percent in the Midwest and seven-tenths of a percent in the South, but declined 7.7 percent in the Northeast and 6.4 percent in the West in August.

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