Home prices could be near the bottom, says Robert Shiller, Yale economics professor and co-founder of the Case-Shiller Home Price Index.

Production of new single-family homes and apartments increased 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of nearly 700,000 units in January, according to new figures from the U.S. Commerce Department.

Nationwide production of new single-family homes rose 4.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 470,000 units in December, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Commerce Department.

Production of new single-family homes and apartments rose 9.3 percent in November, according to the U.S. Commerce Dept., marking the fastest pace of housing starts since October '08.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 207,600 units in October, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), down slightly from 208,800 units in September 2011.

Nationwide housing starts rose 15 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 658,000 units in September, marking the strongest pace of residential construction since April of 2010, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce Dept. today.

Nationwide housing starts and issuance of permits for new housing construction declined in February.

We keep seeing signs that the market place is getting better. But it's not improving fast enough for some.

WASHINGTON -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes surged 14.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000 units in April as consumers rushed to beat the deadline for expiring home buyer tax credits, according to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department.

WASHINGTON – Housing starts are expected to make gains in 2010, but the rate of growth will be hampered by the nation’s double-digit unemployment levels, according to David Crowe, chief economist of the National Association of Home Builders.