Fri, May 16 2025, 4:11 PM
The Census Bureau is out with monthly construction numbers for April showing an uptick in construction activity offset by slightly lower permitting. ...
Fri, May 16 2025, 3:52 PM
The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo released the monthly Housing Market Index (HMI) this week, showing builder confidence ...
Thu, Apr 17 2025, 4:02 PM
The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo publish the Housing Market Index (HMI) each month, otherwise known simply as "builder ...
Fri, Mar 21 2025, 3:03 PM
The National Association of Homebuilders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (aka "builder confidence") hasn't been in a purgatory of sorts, ever since t...
Fri, Feb 21 2025, 2:01 PM
The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) along with Wells Fargo released the monthly builder confidence index this week, and it came out much w...
Fri, Jan 17 2025, 3:40 PM
While it would be technically accurate to point out a slight increase in January's homebuilder confidence (officially the National Association of Home...
Tue, Dec 17 2024, 3:24 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Wells Fargo publish the Housing Market Index (HMI) each month. The industry refers to this as "bu...
Thu, Nov 21 2024, 3:53 PM
As you may have gleaned from our coverage of new home sales, construction, builder confidence, and mortgage apps recently, there are only so many ways...
Mon, Nov 18 2024, 3:28 PM
Historically low interest rates may not have guaranteed historically high levels of housing activity, but exceptionally high rates have definitely mut...
Thu, Aug 15 2024, 10:31 AM
The record will show that today's Housing Market Index (aka "builder confidence") from the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo fel...
Tue, Jul 16 2024, 3:09 PM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) blamed high interest for lagging new home sales and the resulting dampened industry confidence in bui...
Wed, May 15 2024, 1:54 PM
Builders’ confidence in the new home market retreated this month , the first decline since last November. The National Association of Home Builders (N...
Tue, Apr 30 2024, 12:24 PM
Home price increases continued to accelerate in February even as interest rates also moved higher. Both the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices and the...
Tue, Apr 16 2024, 11:41 AM
While builder confidence in the market for new residential construction improved in March, it remained flat in April and residential construction numb...
Tue, Mar 19 2024, 12:51 PM
Builder confidence rose for the fourth straight month and residential construction stats may now be trying to catch up. Both construction permits and ...
Fri, Feb 16 2024, 11:10 AM
Even though the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the third consecutive increase in its measure of home builder confidence, actual...
Thu, Jan 18 2024, 12:39 PM
December’s housing starts failed to sustain their November growth but permit activity as well as positive news out of the National Association of Home...
Thu, Nov 16 2023, 2:24 PM
The National Association of Homebuilders and Wells Fargo releases the results of a survey of NAHB members each month regarding the health of the homeb...
Tue, Oct 17 2023, 11:39 AM
Stubbornly high mortgage rates further eroded home builders’ confidence in the new home market in October. Not only did the National Association of Ho...
Mon, Sep 18 2023, 11:56 AM
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said on Monday that its index that measures home builder confidence in the new home market has fallen...
Tue, Aug 15 2023, 11:44 AM
Rising rates took a toll on builder confidence in August. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market In...
Tue, Jul 18 2023, 11:00 AM
Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed homes rose another point in July according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)....
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...
