Housing inventory

A series of social media posts, from the US president over the weekend and then from the FHFA director and real estate scion Pulte on Wednesday, are helping put an S&P gauge of builders on track for a four-day losing streak.

President Trump said big homebuilders are sitting on a record 2 million empty lots, and asked Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help restore the American Dream.

As Washington weighs a national housing emergency, U.S. homeownership has slipped year-over-year, according to Redfin.

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Homebuilder stocks are headed for their best monthly performance in over a year as the housing market increasingly shows signs of life. 

An index of contract signings slipped 0.4% last month to 71.7, around where it's lingered for much of the year, according to National Association of Realtors data released Thursday.

Contract signings on new single-family homes ticked down to a 652,000 annualized rate, with the strongest demand in the West, according to a government report issued Monday.

Home-purchase contracts in the US were canceled at a record rate for July as jittery buyers got cold feet. 

New residential construction increased 5.2% last month to an annualized rate of 1.43 million homes, according to government figures released Tuesday.

Home Depot Inc. sales returned to growth in the second quarter as shoppers invested in smaller projects, such as lighting and gardening.