Posts Tagged ‘ Census data ’

After a Year of Decline, Builder Confidence Shows Signs of Rebound

Jan 23rd, 2023

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes snapped its longest losing streak last week, rising four points for the month of January, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The rebound follows 12 straight months of decline through December 2022 and the first real decrease […]

Interest Rates Shaping Home Sales

Dec 6th, 2022

In the most recent edition of the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) biweekly newsletter, Eye on the Economy, NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz provided a housing industry overview that found weaker demand is causing home prices to fall. Pointing to the recent stabilization in mortgage interest rates and an anticipated tighter monetary policy from […]