Housing Regulation: 40.6 Percent of the Cost of Multifamily Development Recently, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)…NAHBJune 27, 2022
Housing New Home Sales Increase in May Before Fed’s June Rate Rise After posting four consecutive monthly declines on rising mortgage rates and worsening affordability conditions, new…NAHBJune 24, 2022
Housing One in Three Workers in Construction Is Hispanic Hispanics are an important source of labor in the U.S. construction industry, where skilled labor…NAHBJune 23, 2022
Housing Metro Areas Trail Lower Density Markets for Apartment Construction Growth In the first quarter of 2022, multifamily home building showed greater growth across all regional…NAHBJune 17, 2022
Housing Housing Starts Slow in May Single-family starts declined further in May, as higher interest rates weighed on housing affordability. This…NAHBJune 16, 2022
Housing Federal Reserve Accelerates Rate Hikes To fight persistent inflation, the Federal Reserve has committed to significantly cooling demand. This approach…NAHBJune 15, 2022
Housing Weakening Builder Confidence Points to Economic Troubles Ahead Rising inflation and higher mortgage rates are slowing traffic of prospective home buyers and putting…NAHBJune 15, 2022
Housing Rapidly Rising Building Materials and Freight Prices Push Construction Costs Higher The prices of goods used in residential construction climbed 1.8% in May (not seasonally adjusted)…NAHBJune 14, 2022
Housing What Do Home Buyers Buy after Moving NAHB analysis of Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows…NAHBJune 13, 2022
Housing Inflation Hits a Fresh 40-Year High in May Consumer prices accelerated again in May as shelter, energy and food prices continued to surge…NAHBJune 10, 2022