Levitan & Associates

05/02/2026

Thanks Donald for all that you have done for (and continue to do to) the housing industry.

Homebuilders had a rough first quarter. When will sales recover?

03/03/2026

President Trump - was not deporting our workfoce and adding useless tariffs bad enough?

Mortgage rates moved decidedly higher Monday, as the U.S. war with Iran pushed oil prices up and Treasury yields followed.

02/07/2026

Someone is finally publicly admitting the impact on homebuilding.

The construction industry is taking a hit from immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the impact of workers staying home, short-staffed subcontractors and how its affecting the building trades.

02/07/2026

I always wondered why homebuilders are so strong in their support of Trump and the GOP when the industry has always performed far better under Democratic administrations.

Investing.com -- Shares of major U.S. homebuilders fell Friday following a Bloomberg report that the White House is considering launching an antitrust investigation into the industry amid concerns about housing affordability.

02/02/2026

Housing demand is dependant on population growth which benefits from net immigration which is slowing dramatically under the current administration's policies.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest estimates, the U.S. resident population grew by 1,781,060 to a total population of 341,784,857. The population grew at a rate of 0.5%, a sharp decline from the near 1.0% growth in 2024. The growth rate was the lowest since 2021 when it grew at 0.2%. The...

11/12/2025

After White House accuses Democrats of cherry-picking messages, Republicans release a cache of more than 20,000 pages

09/03/2025

Hard to disagree as so far this administration has consistently acted against the interests of the housing industry.

The results of America's overly burdensome housing regulations aren't great. But they're not an "emergency."

06/18/2025

The homebuilding industry is currently challenged in many ways and this does not seem likely to help solve the problems.

02/27/2025

Hopefully this is just more blustery rhetoric and not a reality.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says if the United States imposes tariffs, his country has billion of dollars' worth of U.S. products that'll be subject to tariffs as well.

02/18/2025

Not wanting to sound like a "know it all" but did we not try that concept a few years ago which led to the Housing Crash and the "Great Recession"?

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