Sentences with phrase «soft demand»

The bank says a combination of softer demand and rising supply of homes for sale will likely pull some steam out of home prices.

The National Association of REALTORS ® recently identified student debt as a key factor in soft demand for home - buying this spring.

«Gen X is ideally positioned to pick up any slack in recreational property markets caused by softer demand from baby boomers and retirees.

SAN FRANCISCO Shares of Apple Inc dropped nearly 2 percent on Tuesday as investors worries intensified about soft demand for iPhones after a warning from a company that supplies components for smartphones.

That combined with soft demand for big luxury coupes makes it a buyer's market.

Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, in March cut production and exported less than 7 million bpd due to seasonally soft demand.

PotashCorp blamed the cuts on soft demand for potash and phosphates, two major types of crop fertilizer.

And bag maker Tapestry said softer demand for its Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman brands hurt margins and revenue growth but stronger sales for the company «s Coach (NYSE: COH) products helped offset some of that weakness, leading to an overall earnings beat.

In addition to softer demand at the entry - level portion of the market, a quarter of current millennial homeowners said their student debt is preventing them from selling their home to buy a new one, either because it's too expensive to move and upgrade, or because their loans have impacted their credit for a future mortgage.

Mace says supply was only moderate during the quarter, virtually unchanged from the end of 2014, so it's likely soft demand arose from the weather or consumer confident factors.

Yet the median list price rose significantly over the month, from $ 199,900 to $ 207,500 despite soft demand.

Southwest Airlines warns of softer demand and forecasts a drop in revenue after a fatal engine failure earlier this month.

Last week, The American Lawyer published yet another article about soft demand, quoting the most reliable sources we have: BigLaw's bankers at Citigroup and Wells Fargo, whose comments I hope will put the final nail in the wait - for - the - phone - to - ring coffin.

The volume of homes for sale in Canada's resale market has also been moving up, and combined with softer demand, has lifted the national ratio of new listings to sales from an average of 1.6 in 2007 to 2.0 in June.

When the media discusses the problems plaguing Canadian business, we typically talk about the fluctuating loonie, soft demand from the United States and Europe, bureaucratic red tape and a mismatch between open jobs and worker skills.

At the same time, U.S. office construction during the first quarter reached a 14 - year low as developers remain spooked by soft demand and meager rent growth, according to real estate research firm Reis Inc..

The imperiled economy — with its tighter credit and softer demand for capital — can't account for this kind of cratering.

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT) cut about 18 per cent of its workforce late last year in response to the soft demand.

Campbell missed analyst estimates in its last quarter in part due to soft demand for its products.

«This is partly a consequence of Under Armour wanting to «own» many different segments of the sports performance category, but in a softer demand environment where consumers are more selective about what they buy, such a lack of focus is harmful,» Riva wrote Tuesday.

«The key point of debate was whether the soft demand for Apple phones was already incorporated into the full - year SoC test outlook provided last quarter; it doesn't appear that it was.»

The smartphone market is mature, and soft demand for the $ 1,000 - plus X model suggests the company led by Tim Cook has maxed out on pricing.

Given this is the soft demand part of the year, bearish sentiment is likely to rise in the weeks ahead.

These nascent signs of stabilization is encouraging, given the sector had long been battered by the effects of dollar appreciation (soft demand for U.S. exports) and cut - backs from the commodity rout.

And while the pace for both independent [customer makers] and specialty retailers has picked up, online and in - store, buyers are placing a greater emphasis on value and softer demand for premium, higher priced customer knives.

While Cook said iPad unit sales met internal projections, he acknowledged that there was soft demand.

Its two key end markets, muni water companies and construction, have suffered from soft demand, which contributed to earnings declining over the past four years.

While this year's drop could be partially due to the inclusion of sole practitioners for the first time, it is also the result of soft demand, as many firms still have more lawyers than work for them.

«I think the flatter price acceleration we're seeing is due to softer demand for higher - priced properties.