The latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) shows that builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell two points to 82 in March. High buyer traffic and strong demand, wasn’t enough to keep builder sentiment up in March as rising lumber and other material prices pushed […]

A report issued last week from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau Housing showed that production softened in January as rising lumber prices continue to affect the housing industry. Overall housing starts decreased 6.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.58 million units. The January reading […]