Eye On Housing
Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market was up again in the third quarter, according to the latest release of NAHB’s 55+ Housing Market Index (55+HMI). The 55+ HMI release contains separate indices for single-family homes and multifamily condominiums. Each is a weighted average of three components: present sales, expected sales, and traffic. The numbers are not seasonally adjusted, so they should only… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the 55+ housing market was up again in the third quarter, according to the latest release of NAHB’s 55+ Housing Market Index (55+HMI). The 55+ HMI release contains separate indices for single-family homes and multifamily condominiums. Each is a weighted average of three components: present sales, expected sales, and traffic. The numbers are not seasonally adjusted, so they should only… Read More ›
Builders’ sentiment jumped four points to 59, the highest level since November 2005, according to the September NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Many of the builders commented on the renewed interest by potential home buyers and higher traffic in their models and through their phone calls. Supporting those comments, all three components rose led by the traffic measure increasing to… Read More ›
Home builders confidence is marching toward the 2014 high established in January as more buyers return to the market. The August NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Index rose two more points to 55 approaching the 2014 high in January of 56. All three subcomponents of the index also increased, two to a high for the year. Expectations for the next six months… Read More ›
Home builders confidence is marching toward the 2014 high established in January as more buyers return to the market. The August NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Index rose two more points to 55 approaching the 2014 high in January of 56. All three subcomponents of the index also increased, two to a high for the year. Expectations for the next six months… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market was up again on a year-over-year basis in the second quarter, according to NAHB’s 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI). Compared to the second quarter of 2013, the 55+HMI for new single-family housing increased three points to 56–the highest second-quarter reading since the inception of the index in 2008 and the 11th consecutive quarter of year… Read More ›
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose four points to a reading of 53 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Any reading over 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor. The July reading marks the first time since January that the index has been above a level of… Read More ›
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for June rose four points to 49, just shy of the 50 mark indicating at least as much optimism as pessimism among single-family home builders. The index dipped 10 points to 46 in February from a sustained above-50 mark for 8 months and remained near there for 4 months. Builders are beginning to see… Read More ›
The April NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose one point from a one-point downwardly revised March to 47. This is the third consecutive month with the index below 50, the point where more builders see the market improving rather than getting poorer. Two of the three components of the index remained unchanged; the current sales index was at 51, the same as… Read More ›
The April NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose one point from a one-point downwardly revised March to 47. This is the third consecutive month with the index below 50, the point where more builders see the market improving rather than getting poorer. Two of the three components of the index remained unchanged; the current sales index was at 51, the same as… Read More ›