High construction costs and elevated interest rates continue to hamper housing affordability, but March had builders showing a “cautious optimism,” as demand shifts to the new home market. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes in March rose two points to 44, according to the most recent National Association of Home Builders […]

Mortgage rates were a contributing factor that helped provide “solid” gains in builder confidence for the second consecutive month, said officials for the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB). NAHB views recent improvement as a signal that the housing market may be turning a corner, officials said, even as builders continue to contend with high construction […]

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes snapped its longest losing streak last week, rising four points for the month of January, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The rebound follows 12 straight months of decline through December 2022 and the first real decrease […]

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Housing Market Index (HMI), published this week, shows numbers continuing to slide across most sectors. The overall preliminary December HMI dropped to 31, from November’s revised number of 33, indicating that builder confidence remains the less-than-positive. The NAHB attributes high mortgage rates, elevated construction costs […]

According to the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released this week, builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell three points in September to 46—marking nine consecutive months of decline. Aside from the spring of 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic stalled nearly everything in the U.S., the […]

The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) reported last week that new home sales in July fell to their lowest level since January 2016. Tepid sales pace matches declining builder confidence as reported by the association since the beginning of the year, as the industry grapples with supply chain disruptions that are delaying new home building […]

The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) reports that builder confidence fell for the eighth straight month in August as elevated interest rates, ongoing supply chain problems and high home prices continue to exacerbate housing affordability challenges. In another sign that a declining housing market has failed to bottom out, builder confidence in the market for […]

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released on Monday, shows that builder confidence plunged in July as high inflation and increased interest rates stalled the housing market by dramatically slowing sales and buyer traffic. In a further sign of a weakening housing market, builder confidence in the market for […]

A recent National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) analysis of the Census Construction Spending data shows that private residential construction spending stood at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of $938.2 billion in May. That’s up 0.2% over the upwardly revised April estimates of $935.9 billion. On a year-over-year basis, total private construction spending was 19% […]

According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), rising inflation and higher mortgage rates are slowing traffic of prospective homebuyers and putting a damper on builder sentiment. The association says it’s a troubling sign for the housing market, as builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes […]