Labor shortage, decline in workforce, trade skills gap—use whatever term you’d like, but they all amount to the same set of challenges for home building and remodeling companies. Some blame the Great Recession for thinning out workers, while others think a lack of emphasis on trades during schooling has left them without a viable workforce. […]

After more than a year of work with multiple organizations, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released “Opioids in the Home Building Industry: Making it Your Business,” a guide of resources aimed at helping residential construction companies address the opioid crisis impacting the industry. People who work in construction are significantly more likely to […]

As homebuilders continue to face challenges when it comes to labor shortages, lot prices and increasing costs for materials, officials from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) say they’re also seeing decreases in single-family sales. In the meantime, a survey of NAHB members indicates that builders are packing up and moving to the exurbs, […]

June is National Homeownership Month, and officials for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) say its members are urging Congress to address one of American’s biggest deterrents from celebrating: affordability. “Removing regulatory barriers that contribute to the increased costs of housing will pave the way to homeownership,” says NAHB chairman Greg Ugalde, a builder […]

According to a survey conducted by Home Innovation Research Labs, an independent subsidiary of the National Association of Home Builders, the average size of American homes is decreasing. At the same time, the numbers of luxury and move-up homes being constructed and purchased are declining, as buyers veer toward more starter homes, the survey reveals. […]

Newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that sales of newly built, single-family homes rose last month to the highest sales pace since November 2017, after a slightly revised February report. Those gains, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) officials say, arrive mostly […]

The latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) showed an increase in confidence among builders for the newly-built, single-family home market in April. Released last week, after registering at around 60 over the past three months, the monthly survey showed sentiment rising to 63, marking an increase of a point. […]

When the new president and CEO of the Vinyl Institute, Ned Monroe, addressed members of an industry association recently, he broke down the threats that continue to plague the vinyl industry. In the process, Monroe also outlined what we, as a whole, can do to combat misinformation—including suggestions that those working in the vinyl window […]

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) issued a commendation to President Trump for signing a memorandum last week directing relevant agencies to develop a plan to help more Americans achieve homeownership. “We applaud the president for taking an active leadership role to revamp the nation’s housing finance system,” said NAHB Chairman Greg Ugalde, a […]

Officials for Fortune Brands Home and Security (parent company to Therma-Tru Doors) released fourth-quarter results yesterday, including the company’s 2019 annual outlook. Fourth-quarter sales increased 3 percent year-over-year, with full-year sales ending 4 percent higher than 2017. Expectations for 2019 go against the flow of news in recent months regarding slower construction markets, but parallel […]