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Three straight months of declines in new-home construction show U.S. homebuilding may weigh on second-quarter growth, Commerce Department data showed June 16.

New-home construction in the United States cooled in March to a four-month low as starts of single-family properties settled back from the strongest pace in almost a decade, Commerce Department data showed April 18.

Confidence among U.S. home builders cooled in April after jumping a month earlier to the highest level since mid-2005, according to data released April 17 from the National Association of °®¶¹´«Ã½ Builders/Wells Fargo.

Here’s one key takeaway from the Commerce Department’s report March 1 on U.S. construction spending in January. Outlays dropped 1% from the previous month (forecast was for 0.6% rise), the biggest drop since April, which will drag on first-quarter gross domestic product.

Builders broke ground in December on more U.S. homes than forecast as a jump in apartment construction helped cap the seventh straight yearly increase, a report from the Commerce Department showed Jan. 19.

New-home construction in the U.S. fell more than forecast in November after surging a month earlier to a nine-year high, indicating fitful progress in residential real estate.

U.S. new-home construction jumped to a nine-year high in October as an outsize advance in the number of apartment projects accompanied a strong pickup for single-family housing.

The CEO of Terex suggested Nov. 1 the company will see more layoffs, facility closures and business sales in the coming year as he works to simplify the heavy-equipment maker’s operations and position it for growth should the economy pick up steam.

While total construction outlays unexpectedly dropped 0.4% in September, the values of nonresidential projects and home building used to calculate gross domestic product were higher than the Commerce Department assumed in its first estimate of third-quarter growth.

New U.S. home construction fell more than projected in August as a plunge in the South, the biggest region for building, more than offset gains in the rest of the country.