Tag: NAHB
2024 Best of IBS finalists announced
With over 230+ applications in nine categories, 36 industry and media judges considered the products' innovation, functionality, design and builder/consumer friendliness to make this list.
Multifamily developer confidence up, but remains in negative territory
The two main confidence indexes for multifamily housing increased slightly in the fourth quarter.
Building materials price growth slowed 60% in 2022
Since increasing the first three months of the year, the softwood lumber index has fallen 45.8%.
Builder confidence shows uptick
A modest drop in interest rates helped to end a string of 12 straight monthly declines in builder confidence levels.
Housing affordability falls to more than 10-year low
This marks the second consecutive quarterly record low for housing affordability since the Great Recession.
Multifamily housing starts surge in August
A decline in single-family permits points to further weakening for the housing sector.
New home sales fall to lowest pace in more than six years
The tepid sales pace matches declining builder confidence since the beginning of the year.
New home sales plunge in June
New home sales in June fell to the lowest level since April 2020, reflecting declining builder sentiment.
NAHB urges Congress action to ease housing affordability crisis
Canadian lumber tariffs, building regulations, labor shortages, and production bottlenecks all need to be addressed, NAHB says.
Builder confidence plunges as affordability woes mount
This marks the lowest Housing Market Index reading since May 2020 and the second largest single-month drop in the history of the HMI.