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Rose Quint is Assistant Vice President for Survey Research. Ms. Quint holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics/International Business from Old Dominion University as well as a Master’s degree in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Her responsibilities include planning and conducting industry surveys, specifically in the areas of builder sentiment, remodeling, housing affordability, and AD&C financing issues. Ms. Quint is also responsible for special research projects, such as studies on builders’ profitability, consumer preferences, construction costs, and membership census. She joined NAHB in 1999.
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Lower Mortgage Rates Push Housing Affordability to Highest Level in Three Years
With mortgage rates at a three-year low and a healthy job market, housing affordability rose to its highest level in three years in the third quarter of 2019, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). In all, 63.6 percent of new and existing homes sold between the beginning of July and end of… Read More ›
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Gains for Top Builder Share
The top 20 builders produced 29.0% of all the homes constructed in the country in 2018, according to data from BUILDER magazine. That share is a notable gain from 2017, when the largest 20 builders were responsible for 26.8% of all completions. Historical data shows a rising trend in the market share of the top 20 builders[1]. In 2000, these… Read More ›
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Builder Confidence Hits Yearly High in September
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose one point to 68 in September from an upwardly revised August reading of 67, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Sentiment levels have held in the mid- to upper 60s since May. Builders’ optimism in recent months is being fueled by low… Read More ›
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Unaffordable Prices Hold Back Prospective Home Buyers
As revealed in a previous post, 55% of buyers actively searching for a home to buy in the second quarter of 2019 have been looking – unsuccessfully – for three months or longer. Why is it taking these buyers that long to pull the trigger? The most important reason is they can’t find a home at a price they can… Read More ›
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A Smaller Share of Prospective Buyers Is Actively Looking for a Home
A national poll in the second quarter of 2019 revealed that 12% of adults are thinking about buying a home in the next 12 months. Of that group, 41% are already actively engaged in the process of finding a home to purchase, which is a smaller share than a year earlier, when 50% of prospective buyers were engaged in the… Read More ›
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Affordability Expectations Among Most Prospective Buyers Are Poor
An earlier post revealed that only 12% of adults polled in the second quarter of 2019 are prospective home buyers (they are planning to buy a home in the next year). The poll asked these buyers to estimate the share of homes available for-sale in their markets they believed they could afford. As the graph below shows, affordability expectations are… Read More ›
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Only 20% of Home Buyers Expect House Search to Get Easier Soon
A second quarter 2019 NAHB poll revealed that only 12% of adults are prospective home buyers, i.e. they are planning to buy a home in the next year. These prospective buyers were asked about their expectations for housing availability going forward. As the graph below shows, 20% expect the search for a home to become easier in the months ahead,… Read More ›
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Only 12% of Adults Are Planning a Home Purchase in the Next 12 Months
An NAHB poll conducted in the second quarter of 2019 revealed that only 12% of adults are considering the purchase of a home within the next 12 months. This share of ‘prospective home buyers’ is down slightly from 14% a year earlier. The drop marks the third consecutive year-over-year decline in the share of adults thinking about buying a home,… Read More ›
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NAHB Announces Delay in the Production of the Housing Opportunity Index
The scheduled second quarter release of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), which measures housing affordability in more than 200 metropolitan areas across the nation, will be delayed for three months because key government data used to calculate the index is no longer available. The HOI is produced quarterly, tracking the share of homes… Read More ›
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Home Prices Remain the Principal Barrier to Homeownership
As revealed in a previous post, 53% of buyers actively searching for a home to buy in the first quarter of 2019 have been looking – unsuccessfully – for three months or longer. Why is it taking these buyers that long to pull the trigger? The most important reason is they can’t find a home at a price they can… Read More ›