Southern Housing Starts Merely a Speedbump in Recovering Residential Construction Activity
Although housing starts fell 5.8% sequentially to a disappointing rate of 1.14 million units, we believe this will be temporary as the housing market continues to heat up. Weakness in the South was the largest drag, falling by 56,000 units sequentially. We attribute this, in part, to a sustained period of poor weather that resulted in 20 Louisiana parishes being declared federal disaster areas, with the surrounding areas pounded by heavy rainfall. Supporting our argument that this weakness is tr...NVR is engaged in the construction and sale of single-family detached homes, townhomes and condominium buildings, all of which are constructed on a pre-sold basis. The company conducts its homebuilding activities directly. The company's homebuilding operations construct and sell single-family detached homes, townhomes and condominium buildings under three trade names: Ryan Homes, which is marketed primarily to first-time and first-time move-up buyers; and NVHomes and Heartland Homes, which are marketed primarily to move-up and luxury buyers. The company's mortgage banking operations also include separate subsidiaries that broker title insurance and perform title searches in connection with mortgage loan closings.
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