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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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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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A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests that confidence amongst homebuilders has improved in September as the housing market index, which measures builder confidence, ticked up 2 points to 18. The index, which is made of three components, has a 22-year...
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A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests that homebuilders remained at record-gloomy levels in August as the housing market index, which measures builder confidence, stayed at a record low of 16. The index, which is made of three components, has a 22-year...
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A report from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) suggests that homebuilders were even more pessimistic in July as the housing market index fell two points to 16, creating a new historic low in the 22-year index. Three components make up the index, all of which fell in the...
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Housing starts took another dive in November, falling another 3.7 percent from the revised October estimate of 1,232,000 starts. Even worse, the seasonally adjusted annual November rate of 1,187,000 starts is 24.2 percent below the 1,565,000 annualized rate of residential construction initiated in November...
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Housing starts in August hit the lowest level on an annualized basis since July 1995. The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a joint report on Wednesday showing that privately owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
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The National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ) in partnership with Bank of America Home Equity recently completed a study that should be of interest to home owners and home buyers, especially those that are buying or living in homes that have been around for a while. The Study of Life Expectancy...
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Two measures of the housing market were released this week and each shows that, at best, builders are remaining cautious; at worst they are showing a bit of despair. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for June reported that builders' confidence in...
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Right on the heels of the National Association of Realtors rather glum report on the sale of existing houses during the fourth quarter of 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released their monthly joint report on housing starts and housing permits for...
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) took a stab at envisioning the home of the future at its recently concluded annual convention in Orlando, Florida. NAHB noted that the norm in new housing has evolved in the last five decades from a small one-story bungalow of about 1,000 square feet with...