Housing Building Materials Prices Fall for Second Month Straight According to the latest Producer Price Index report, the prices of inputs to residential construction…NAHBJune 15, 2023
Housing A Hawkish Pause: Landing Flare for the Fed? The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee maintained the federal funds rate at a top target…NAHBJune 14, 2023
Housing Mortgage Activity Increases as Affordability Improves Per the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) survey through the week ending June 9th, total mortgage…NAHBJune 14, 2023
Housing Inflation Slows to Lowest Level since March 2021 Consumer prices in May saw the smallest year-over-year gain since March 2021, mainly driven by…NAHBJune 13, 2023
Housing Households’ Real Estate Asset Value Falls for Third Consecutive Quarter The first quarter of 2023 release of the Z.1 Financial Accounts of the United States…NAHBJune 12, 2023
Housing Revolving Consumer Credit Growth Remains Near 25-Year High Consumer credit outstanding grew at a seasonal adjusted annual rate of 5.7% in April 2023…NAHBJune 9, 2023
Housing For Builders, Lot Shortage Eases But is Still a Problem Obtaining lots to build on remains a challenge for many of NAHB’s builders, although the…NAHBJune 9, 2023
Housing Housing Affordability Posts Solid Gain but Still Much Lower from a Year Ago Solid nominal wage gains (unadjusted for inflation) combined with lower mortgage rates and home prices…NAHBJune 8, 2023
Housing Age Distribution of the Construction Labor Force The latest labor force statistics from the 2021 American Community Survey show that the construction…NAHBJune 7, 2023
Housing Single-Family Construction Slowdown Less Pronounced in Lower Density Markets While single-family home building has slowed significantly from pandemic-fueled highs because of higher interest rates…NAHBJune 6, 2023