Homebuilders

New home purchase loan application activity reached its highest point in March as builders looked to fill the growing demand for housing.

Residential sales are on the rise across Florida's Emerald Coast, creating a favorable market for sellers.

Lennar Corp. reported fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat analysts' estimates and said new orders increased, signaling the start to a strong spring selling season.

The strongest pace of single-family homebuilding in nearly a decade drove residential housing starts to a four-month high in February.

Confidence among homebuilders is the strongest since the mid-2000s housing boom as sales prospects improve despite rising mortgage rates.

Continuing a strong start to 2017, February mortgage applications for new home purchases grew 2.2% from a year ago.

New-home construction in Metro Orlando spiked 25% from a year earlier with the biggest boost in The Villages and communities near theme parks.

More consumers are looking to buy a home than ever before. And while new home sales are indeed picking up — data from the U.S. Census Bureau showed January's new home sales rate was 5.6% higher than a year earlier — new home construction still remains well below its pre-recession peak.