Tue, May 16 2023, 2:25 PM
Home builders’ attitudes about the market for newly constructed homes continued to improve in May, partially due to the lack of available pre-owned ho...
Mon, Apr 17 2023, 2:05 PM
The index that measures the confidence of new home builders in the market for their product inched slightly higher again in April. The National Associ...
Thu, Feb 16 2023, 9:21 AM
Raquel Welch, who passed away yesterday, was an icon in the 60s and 70s. Mick Jagger was as well, and sang, “Just My Imagination” many years ago. But ...
Wed, Feb 15 2023, 1:35 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) shot higher in February, achieving a second monthly gain. NAHB...
Wed, Jan 18 2023, 11:02 AM
On top of the solid report on mortgage volume earlier today, comes another hopeful report from the construction industry. The National Association of ...
Mon, Dec 19 2022, 2:31 PM
The Housing Market Index (HMI) from the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB)--typically referred to simply as "builder confidence"--is argued t...
Wed, Nov 16 2022, 12:28 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) fell another 5 points in November. NAHB said this measure of b...
Tue, Oct 18 2022, 5:23 PM
The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) has only been publishing builder confidence numbers since the mid 1980s. It's possible--if not likely...
Mon, Sep 19 2022, 1:32 PM
The National Association of Home Builder’s (NAHB’s) index measuring the confidence of builders in the new home market has fallen for the ninth straigh...
Mon, Aug 15 2022, 10:51 AM
What a difference 4 months make! In April, the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) recorded a Housing Market Index (aka "builder confidence")...
Mon, Jul 18 2022, 10:58 AM
The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) released it's Housing Market Index (HMI) for July this morning. This measure of builder confidence fel...
Thu, Jun 16 2022, 11:18 AM
As might have been expected considering the sixth consecutive drop in the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB’s) Housing Market Index release...
Wed, Jun 15 2022, 6:06 PM
Builders are increasingly nervous about the impact inflation and higher interest rates might have on prospective home buyers in coming months. The Nat...
Tue, May 17 2022, 3:17 PM
Homebuilder confidence may still be higher than almost any time before the pandemic, but it's now lower than any time since. The post-pandemic lows a...
Mon, Apr 18 2022, 2:44 PM
Mortgage rates may be at the highest levels in more than 3 years, but the housing market has yet to show visible signs of distress. April's release o...
Wed, Mar 16 2022, 1:55 PM
Residential construction and its logical impact on builder confidence has been one of the biggest pleasant surprises of an otherwise very unpleasant c...
Thu, Feb 17 2022, 9:52 AM
Residential construction numbers for January were mixed . Permits were up slightly from December but starts fell back from December’s near 12-point ...
Wed, Feb 16 2022, 10:47 AM
There was another bit of erosion in builder confidence in February. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing...
Wed, Dec 15 2021, 10:37 AM
Builder confidence in the new home market is finishing 2021 strong despite what the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says are inflation co...
Tue, Nov 16 2021, 11:20 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said builder confidence in the new home sales market increased in November for the third consecutive ...
Mon, Sep 20 2021, 11:23 AM
Builder confidence edged its way higher in September, ending a three-month slump. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that the NA...
Tue, Aug 17 2021, 12:36 PM
Fears about construction costs, supply shortages, and concern over fast rising home prices acted to deflate builder confidence this month. The Nationa...
Mon, Jul 19 2021, 11:30 AM
Strong buyer demand appears to be offsetting concerns about labor shortages and rising prices , keeping builder confidence near historic highs the Nat...
Wed, Jun 16 2021, 8:13 AM
The latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) dropped 2 points in June. The Index, a measure of home ...
Mon, May 17 2021, 11:05 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said new home builders are not losing faith in the market for new homes despite their growing concern...
Thu, Apr 22 2021, 10:48 AM
For months, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has been citing lumber prices as one of the headwinds faced by new home builders as they ...
Thu, Apr 15 2021, 11:22 AM
New home builders seem to be slowly getting their mojo back. After recovering from the hit they took in the first days of the pandemic, they encounter...
Tue, Mar 16 2021, 11:38 AM
Escalating costs took a toll on builder confidence this month. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said its Housing Market Index dipped t...
Wed, Feb 17 2021, 11:40 AM
After dropping from record high levels by a total of 7 points over the last two months, the index that measures home builder confidence has stabilized...
Tue, Jan 26 2021, 12:12 PM
The annual increases in U.S. home prices is nearing dizzying levels. The November data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) crossed into dou...
Wed, Jan 20 2021, 11:45 AM
After setting three successive record highs, most recently a 90 level in November , the pandemic and rising construction costs are taking a toll on th...
Wed, Dec 16 2020, 12:27 PM
After setting successive survey highs in September, October, and November, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market...
Tue, Nov 24 2020, 11:14 AM
Annual price increases in September were quite literally off the charts . Both the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Index and the Housing Market In...
Wed, Nov 18 2020, 3:16 PM
Residential construction data for October was mixed. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that the rate of ...
Tue, Nov 17 2020, 11:54 AM
For the third straight month the level of builder confidence in the new home market set a record high . The National Association of Home Builders (NAH...
Mon, Oct 19 2020, 10:33 AM
For only the second time in its 35-year history, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) topped 80 thi...
Wed, Sep 16 2020, 4:22 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) set a new high this month, breaking a record that it set only ...
Tue, Aug 18 2020, 10:53 AM
Residential construction rates soared in July with both permits and starts increasing from their June pace by double digits and topping 2019 numbers f...
Mon, Aug 17 2020, 10:21 AM
Builders have tied their 32-year old record for confidence as measured by the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (...
Fri, Jul 17 2020, 11:50 AM
All three measures in the Census Bureaus June residential construction report moved higher , as the building industry continued to recover from its Ap...
Thu, Jul 16 2020, 10:33 AM
Economists talk about the potential for a V shaped recovery from the pandemic and that is exactly the pattern displayed by the National Association of...
Tue, Jun 23 2020, 10:59 AM
After its pandemic-related plunge in April, the rapid recovery of the Housing Market Index, a measure of builder confidence, seems justified by today'...
Tue, Jun 16 2020, 10:45 AM
The COVID-19 outbreak struck a major blow to builder confidence in April. The prospect of widespread shutdowns of businesses and prolonged shelter at ...
Mon, Jun 1 2020, 12:15 PM
As was reported last week, new home sales in April were much, much better than expected. There may or may not be a cause and effect going on here, but...
Mon, May 18 2020, 10:39 AM
Nearly all financial indicators took a hit last month as unemployment measures shot higher, businesses shut down, and consumers and their families sel...
Fri, May 15 2020, 11:42 AM
Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) group says it expects the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) to decline by 35 percent (annualized) i...
Wed, Apr 22 2020, 10:56 AM
In its early April survey of builders for its Housing Market Index the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) added questions about the impact o...
Fri, Apr 17 2020, 12:59 PM
Fannie Mae's April Economic Developments summary is, like Freddie Mac's, relatively optimistic only because they see the impact of the pandemic as bei...
Wed, Apr 15 2020, 10:42 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said its Housing Market Index (HMI), which it sponsors jointly with Wells Fargo, suffered the largest...
Wed, Mar 18 2020, 8:27 AM
Builder confidence slipped slightly in March according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), but there was one huge caveat. The monthly...
