National Association of Home Builders

Housing Starts: Multifamily Dips but Single-Family Holding Steady

October 19th, 2021
Overall housing starts were down 1.6% in September to 1.56 million, pushed down by declines in multi-family construction. The September is the number of housing units builders would begin if development kept this pace for the next 12 months. However,...

Remodeling Market Remains Stable Year-over-Year

April 14th, 2022
The national remodeling industry remains strong this year, however there are signs of supply-chain fatigue starting to show on the part of consumers, according to a new report from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released this week. The...

Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Protect Housing in Federal Bill

October 21st, 2021
A broad coalition of housing advocates, including representatives from the National Association of REALTORS®, National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), Habitat for Humanity, Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) and the National Association of...

New Home Sales Dip 8.6% in March

April 26th, 2022
Sales of new single-family homes continued their downward trend for the third straight month in March. According to a joint report from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the seasonally adjusted sales rate was...

Home Prices Keep Shattering Records: How Can Buyers Cope?

November 19th, 2021
(TNS)—Home prices can’t keep going up forever. Can they? During the COVID-19 contagion, Americans proved willing to pay a premium for homes—so much so that home prices shattered all records. Spurred by historically low mortgage rates, lack of inventory and...

Builders Pen Letter to Biden Urging Action on Regulations

April 28th, 2022
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) yesterday addressed a letter to President Joe Biden urging the federal government to take immediate action in the face of a housing market “inflection point that threatens to derail the current housing and...

Commerce Department Moves to Double Lumber Tariffs, NAHB Responds

November 29th, 2021
The U.S. Commerce Department moved forward with an administrative review to double the tariffs on Canadian lumber shipments into the U.S. from 9% to 17.9%. Chuck Fowke, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), issued the following statement...

Builder Confidence Down for 6th Consecutive Month

June 15th, 2022
Home builders are seeing hard times ahead as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) measuring builder confidence fell to its lowest reading since June of 2020, responding to an increase in mortgage rates and...

Suburban Shift Eases in the Third Quarter, Vacation Home Markets Strong

December 9th, 2021
The suburban shift for single-family home buying precipitated in large part by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year continues, but new data reveals that higher-density markets are making a comeback as well. In contrast, the market share for...

Builder Confidence Plummets Toward Negative Territory

July 18th, 2022
After months and months of unbridled optimism, homebuilders are increasingly worried about the housing market as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) measuring builder confidence remains in free-fall, approaching an overall negative attitude toward...
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