NAHB has found buyer confidence dipping over 10 points in July, the second largest drop on record, only eclipsed by a 40+ point decline at the onset of the pandemic.
Read More »Home Builders Check In
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose slightly according to a recent report. Learn what's driving the increase.
Read More »Growing Demand Buoys Builder Confidence
A new report found that builders’ confidence rose on higher demand for homes. Learn more about the factors that influenced this sentiment by clicking through.
Read More »Confidence in Housing Steady, but Shaking
Americans by and large are confident in the housing market. But a new survey by ValueInsured shows some fissures in the foundation. Slowly and quietly, more Americans are having their doubts about buying a home this year.
Read More »Home Builders Proceed With Cautious Optimism
Confidence among home builders has held firm over the last few months, showing slow, but continued progression in the single-family sector. However, builders are still faced with concerns about labor and lot shortages.
Read More »Home Builder Confidence Down for Now but Upbeat for 2016
Confidence among home builders dipped down slightly in December, but builders remain optimistic about the housing market.
Read More »Buying Demand & Affordability Move Home Prices Up by 6.5 Percent in June
Home prices are edging up once again thanks to pent up buyer demand, affordability, consumer confidence, and an improving labor market.
Read More »Homebuilder Sentiment Cools in February
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index fell two points in the association's February reading, coming in at 55 for the month, the group said Tuesday. NAHB Chairman Tom Woods said February's slight decline is "largely attributable to the unusually high snow levels across much of the nation."
Read More »Consumers Anticipate Higher Wages, Slower Home Price Growth
Consumer optimism on income growth remained fairly high in January, while expectations for home price gains in the next year fell slightly, according to survey results released Monday from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Read More »Americans’ Economic Optimism Spills Over into Housing
Sixty-seven percent of American adults responding to Fannie Mae's January National Housing Survey said now is a good time to buy a home, the company reported Monday, while 44 percent said now is a good time to sell. Both figures are up from December, when positive responses were at 64 percent and 40 percent, respectively.
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