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January 12-14 Annual Meeting of the Membership, Palm Beach, FL. National Multi-Housing Council. Contact: (202) 659-3381. January 26-29 NCDA Winter Meeting, Washington, DC. National Community Development Association. Contact: (202) 293-7587. February 13-15 Washington Briefing, Washington, DC. Council for Urban Economic Development. Contact: (202) 223-4735. February 20-23 ABA/BMA National Conference for Community Bankers, Palm Desert, CA. Contact: (800) 338-0626. March 3-7 Legislative Conference, Washington, DC. National Association of Counties. Contact: (202) 393-6226. March 9-12 Annual Meeting, Key Largo, FL. National Housing and Rehabilitation Association. Contact: (202) 929-1750. March 14-17 Spring Conference & Exposition, Washington, DC. American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. Contact: (202) 588-9441. March 27-29 Annual Conference, Washington, DC. National Low Income Housing Coalition. Contact: (202) 622-1530. March 27-31 Housing and Community Development Executive Education Program, Level 1, University of Maryland-College Park. Contact: (301) 405-6227. April 6-9 Annual National Conference, Cleveland, OH. National Association of Planning Councils. Contact: (214) 342-2638. April 9-11 Washington Policy Conference, Washington, DC. National Association of Development Organizations. Contact: (202) 624-7806. If You Rely on Timely Housing Market Data, You Need U.S. Housing Market Conditions This easy-to-use quarterly report draws on a wide range of public and industry sources to present the latest essential data on the U.S. housing market. For example, readers of the third-quarter 1999 issue of U.S. Housing Market Conditions (released November 1999) will learn ... Homeownership reached record high levels in the third quarter, with 67 percent of American households owning their own homes. Housing permits were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,587,000, down 1 percent from the second quarter and 2 percent from the third quarter of 1998. Multifamily market conditions are steady. Production of multifamily units is generally strong, with permits, starts, and completions up from last quarter. The average price of a new home was $191,900, unchanged from the second quarter but up 4 percent from a year ago. The average price of an existing home rose 2 percent from the second quarter to $172,700 and posted a 7-percent increase from last year. For indepth, up-to-date information and analyses on housing markets, subscribe to U.S. Housing Market Conditions. For more information, contact HUD USER at (800) 245-2691. Previous                 Contents                 Next