Housing More New Homes Improve Expectations of Housing Availability Increased levels of new home construction and sales are leading some buyers to expect the…NAHBJuly 27, 2023
Housing Measured Hawkishness: The Fed Hikes in July The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee increased the federal funds rate to a top target…NAHBJuly 26, 2023
Housing Housing Demand Slows on Higher Rates and Prices Mortgage rates’ slow –but steady– march upwards combined with the return of home price gains…NAHBJuly 24, 2023
Housing Single-Family Permits Decline in May 2023 Over the first five months of 2023, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date…NAHBJuly 17, 2023
Housing U.S. Adds 209,000 Jobs in June Job gains slowed in June, but the labor market remained solid. Total payroll employment rose…NAHBJuly 14, 2023
Housing Residential Building Workers’ Wage Growth Trending Down Average hourly earnings for residential building workers* rose at a slower pace in May, after…NAHBJuly 14, 2023
Housing Slowing Building Material Price Growth Another Signal Inflation Is Cooling According to the latest Producer Price Index report, the price level of inputs to residential…NAHBJuly 13, 2023
Housing Remodeling Market Sentiment Edged Down in Second Quarter of 2023 The NAHB/Westlake Royal Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the second quarter of 2023 posted a…NAHBJuly 13, 2023
Housing Mortgage Activity Increases Despite Rates Topping 7% Per the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) survey through the week ending July 7th, total mortgage…NAHBJuly 12, 2023
Housing Share of Two or More Stories New Homes Maintains Lead in 2022 Data obtained from the US Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC) and tabulated by NAHB,…NAHBJuly 10, 2023