Tag Archives: National Association of Home Builders

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has been mostly silent on housing during his campaign over the last several months—until Thursday, when he addressed the National Association of Home Builders.

Based on current permit, price and employment data, the nationwide average is running extremely close to its last normal level of housing and economic activity.

Housing numbers might be doing well in general, but what happens when everyone wants to buy a house but no one wants to build them?

Heightened regulations in the housing industry are hindering affordable housing in the U.S., and home builders believe it is time for a change.

Home builders have hit a major roadblock. New data from the National Association of Home Builders showed that the biggest issue among builders is the lack of available lots to build.

New single-family home sales did something remarkable this month. Sales in this sector rose significantly month-over-month and year-over-year to reach the highest level since 2008 despite falling inventory levels.

Home builders' sentiment toward the single-family housing market has held firm over the last few months, showing slow, but continued progression in the single-family sector.

As mortgage interest rates continue to remain at historical lows and home prices stay on favorable ground, housing affordability followed these trends with an increase in the first quarter of 2016.

Regulations in the housing market are not only an added responsibility for mortgage companies, but it seems that compliance costs are spilling over into American households.

Recovery nationwide is rising at a steady pace and is inching closer to the last-observed state of normalcy in the housing market, according to data from the National Association of Home Builders.