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The Housing Market Index (HMI) release today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo remained virtually unchanged for the sixth month in a row. The index which measures home builders' confidence in the market for newly built, single-family houses, slid by a single point in September...
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Builder confidence in the housing market remained unchanged in August according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released Monday. While two of the three indices that make up the HMI improved, the index measuring the future prospects for new homes...
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Two press releases that came out on Monday may point to a new direction for the residential construction market and perhaps for housing policy. Home builders continue to have little optimism about the new home market according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index...
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Mortgage News Daily has written much content in recent months concerning the growth of the rental market and the difficulties communities are facing in keeping up with affordable rental housing needs. The latest release of the National Association of Home Builders' Multifamily Production Index (MPI)...
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The National Association of Home Builders released the monthly Housing Market Index today. Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for more than 20 years, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations...
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As recently reported, housing starts rose in August following steep drops in the previous two months, after the end of the popular homebuyer tax credit. The news was good on two fronts as both single- and multi-family housing saw gains. While a welcomed trend, it remains to be sees as to whether or not...
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Declaring that the decline in remodeling activity may be reaching an end, the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) released the results of its Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the first quarter of 2010. The three part index measures remodelers' perceptions of market demand for current and...
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In a cost-saving move the National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) has shut down its office for the entire week of August 24. In an announcement on the NAHB website the organization said that the five day August holiday was a cost savings effort and that its office would also be closed for the...
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Confidence amongst homebuilders failed to improve in December, after plummeting to a new all-time low in November. Though the headline result remained the same, two of the three components reported more pessimistic results than in November. Issued by Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders...
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Yet another special interest group is lining up to ask for a share of the seemingly bottomless Washington cornucopia according to an article Monday morning in The Wall Street Journal. The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) is ramping up a campaign to lobby for a $250 billion stimulus package...
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A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that confidence amongst homebuilders has plummeted from one all-time low to another in November. The NAHB housing market index tumbled five points to a reading of 9 in November, down from an all-time low of 14 in October...
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On Tuesday, the producer price index for October and the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) Housing Market Index for November will be released in the U.S. Market participants will also be interested in hearing testimony from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson...
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It probably isn't startling news, but as Americans are cutting back on spending for non-essentials such as vacations and electronics, they are also spending a lot less on spiffing up or even maintaining their homes. The National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) released its Remodeling Market...
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A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that confidence amongst homebuilders has plummeted to an all-time low in October. The housing market index, a measure of builder confidence in the U.S., fell three points to 14, following a downwardly revised reading...
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Housing and banking special interest groups as well as a group that represents state level banking regulators have weighed in with their opinions and concerns about the banking bailout proposal which is rolling out piecemeal from the Federal Reserve and the Department of the Treasury. Two of the groups...