By Ben Klayman and Deepa Seetharaman. DETROIT, April 2- U.S. sales of sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks jumped in March, spurred by rising home prices and an increase in housing construction, major automakers said on Tuesday. General Motors Co said the stronger housing market helped its sales to small businesses rise nearly a third.
DETROIT, April 2- U.S. sales of sport-utility vehicles and pickup trucks jumped in March, spurred by rising home prices and an increase in housing construction, major automakers said on Tuesday. General Motors Co said the stronger housing market helped its sales to small businesses climb by nearly a third.
NEW YORK, March 26- By one measure, the U.S. housing market turned a significant corner early this year: Prices are on the rise everywhere. "Definitely we're seeing more evidence of a rebirth of the housing market," index co-creater and Yale economics professor Robert Shiller told Reuters Insider. "