Housing Steep Year-over-Year Decline for Single-Family Permits in February 2023 Over the first two months of 2023, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date…NAHBApril 14, 2023
Housing Building Materials Prices Climb as Concrete, Transformer Shortages Persist According to the latest Producer Price Index report, the prices of inputs to residential construction less…NAHBApril 13, 2023
Housing Remodeling Market Sentiment Edged Up in First Quarter of 2023 The NAHB/Westlake Royal Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the first quarter of 2023 posted a…NAHBApril 13, 2023
Housing Mortgage Activity Increases as Rates Fall for 5th Straight week Per the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) survey through the week ending April 7th, total mortgage…NAHBApril 12, 2023
Housing Inflation Shows Further Signs of Cooling Consumer prices in March saw the smallest year-over-year gain since May 2021 with a ninth…NAHBApril 12, 2023
Housing Residential Building Wage Growth Slowing Average hourly earnings for residential building workers* continue to rise in February 2023 but at…NAHBApril 10, 2023
Housing Job Gains Slow in March Job growth slowed in March, along with higher interest rates and increased economic uncertainty. After…NAHBApril 7, 2023
Housing States and Construction Trades Most Reliant on Immigrant Workers, 2021 Earlier this year, we published a post highlighting a continuing high reliance of construction on…NAHBApril 6, 2023
Housing Affordability Pyramid Shows 64.8 Million Households Cannot Buy a $250,000 Home As described in a previous post, NAHB’s recently released its 2023 Priced-Out Estimates, show that…NAHBApril 5, 2023
Housing Home Building Employment across States and Congressional Districts in 2021 According to the latest 2021 ACS, close to 11 million people, including self-employed workers, worked…NAHBApril 4, 2023