Eye On Housing
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes jumped seven points to a level of 70 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). This is the highest reading since July 2005. The increase in market confidence follows the November election results, increasing hopes among home builders and other stakeholders in the residential construction industry that… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes held steady in November at a level of 63 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Builder sentiment has held well above 60 for the past three months, indicating that the single-family housing sector continues to show slow, gradual growth. Ongoing job creation, rising incomes and… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes remained on firm ground in October, declining two points to a level of 63 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Despite the decline, the HMI now stands at its second-highest level in 2016, a sign that the housing recovery continues to make solid progress. However,… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes in August rose two points to 60 from a downwardly revised reading of 58 in July on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Builder confidence remains solid in the aftermath of weak GDP reports that were offset by positive job growth in July. Historically low mortgage rates,… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes in July fell one point to 59 from a June reading of 60 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). For the past six months, builder confidence has remained in a relatively narrow positive range that is consistent with the ongoing gradual housing recovery. However,… Read More ›
After holding steady for the past four months, builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes rose two points in June to a level of 60 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). This marks the highest reading since January 2016. Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for 30… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged in May at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The May reading marked the fourth straight month of the HMI standing at an index value of 58. While the HMI remains in positive territory, soft economic data for the start… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes remained unchanged in April at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Builders remain cautiously optimistic about housing market growth. NAHB is forecasting faster single-family construction growth for 2016 than the 10% gain recorded in 2015. However, difficulties associated with access to… Read More ›
Builders’ sentiment remained unchanged in March at 58. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) has been between 52 and 65 since July 2015. Any value above 50 means more builders are seeing improvement rather than decline. The component index measuring current sales was also unchanged at 63 and the component measuring expectations was down three points to 61. The… Read More ›
Builders’ sentiment for February lost 3 points from an upwardly revised January level. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was 58 in February, still well above the tipping point of 50 and 3 points above last February but down from a recent peak of 65 in October 2015. Builders reported more consumer concern over the price of new homes relative… Read More ›