Eye On Housing
Builder and developer confidence in multifamily markets fell in the last quarter of 2020, according to the results of the National Association of Home Builders’ Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The MMS produces two separate indices: The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), which fell 5 points to 43; and the Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI), which edged down two points to 42, with… Read More ›
Confidence in the multifamily housing market continued to recover from its 1st quarter trough, with the Multifamily Production Index (MPI) rising to 48 in the third quarter (up from 37 in the second quarter and 27 in the first quarter), according to the National Association of Homebuilders’ Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) (Figure 1). Meanwhile, the Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI) decreased… Read More ›
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing increased in the second quarter but still remains in negative territory, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) rose 10 points to 37, but is still below its break even point of 50, which indicates that more builders and developers view conditions as weaker than… Read More ›
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing weakened significantly in the first quarter of 2020, according to results from the National Association of Home Builders’ Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The MMS consists of two indices: the Multifamily Production Index (MPI), which fell 22 points to 27 (Figure 1), and the Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI), which rose 19 points to… Read More ›
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing remained unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to results from the National Association of Home Builders’ Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The MMS produces two separate indices: The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) which remained even at 49 (Figure 1), and the Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI) which also remained unchanged at 40… Read More ›
Builder and developer confidence in the multifamily housing market weakened slightly in the third quarter, according to results from NAHB’s Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The MMS produces two separate indices: The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) and the Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI). The MPI dropped seven points to 49 in the third quarter of 2019 (from 56 in the second quarter)… Read More ›
Builder and developer confidence in the multifamily market strengthened in the second quarter of 2019, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The MMS consists of two indices measuring supply and demand in the multifamily market: the Multifamily Production Index (MPI) and the Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI). In the second quarter, the MPI jumped… Read More ›
Builder and developer confidence in the multifamily market weakened in the first quarter of 2019, according to results from the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Multifamily Market Survey (MMS). The MMS consists of two indices: the Multifamily Production Index (MPI) and the Multifamily Vacancy Index (MVI). The MPI, which measures builder and developer sentiment about current market conditions, dropped… Read More ›
Builder and developer confidence in the multifamily market weakened slightly in the fourth quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ Multifamily Market Survey. The Multifamily Production Index (MPI) fell one point from the previous quarter to 47, with a number below 50 indicating that more builders report market conditions are getting worse than improving (Figure 1). Meanwhile, the… Read More ›
Confidence in the Multifamily Market remained firm in the first quarter of 2018 with a Multifamily Production Index (MPI) of 53, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) (Figure 1). The MPI measures builder and developer sentiment about current conditions in the apartment and condominium market on a scale of 0 to 100. The index and all of… Read More ›