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December was a banner month for builder confidence in the single-family housing market as builders anticipated regulatory relief from the incoming administration. What happened to builder confidence in January?

How confident are single-family homebuilders heading into the new year now with a new administration set to begin? They have not been this confident in more than 11 years, according to one analysis.

Builder sentiment has been steady for the past few months, indicating a continued demand for new single-family housing.

What is going to drive the growth of the single-family housing market in the near term?

Builder confidence has been up and down all year, but experienced a surge in September.

News was bad as far as the first GDP estimate for Q2, but there was enough positive economic data for builders to improve their outlook on the market for newly-built single-family homes in August.

Builder confidence was down slightly in July—but improved economic fundamentals may bring steady housing market growth later in the year.

All three index components—current sales, sales expectations for the next six months, and perspective buyer traffic—experienced gains in June.

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.

Confidence among home builders has been on a series of ups and downs over the last few months, showing slow, but continued progression in the single-family sector, but they are still faced with concerns about labor and lot shortages.