In the first of several major housing reports this week, the National Association of Home Builders said builder confidence jumped in May as low existing home inventories drew home buyers to new home construction.
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Home Remodeling Market Expected to Top Off in 2023
Two forecasts on the home remodeling market suggest annual spending will top off by the end of 2023 and start to contract in 2024.

April Home Builder Sentiment Up 1 Point
Ahead of Tuesday’s New Residential Construction report, the National Association of Home Builders reported builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes in April rose for the fourth straight month.

March Builder Confidence Up Third Straight Month; NAHB Says Future Outlook ‘Uncertain’
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes in March rose for the third straight month, but the National Association of Home Builders said economic volatility makes the longer-term outlook uncertain.

Home Builder Optimism Rises 2nd Straight Month
Home builder sentiment rose by seven points in February, the National Association of Home Builders said Wednesday, to its highest levels since September and signaling optimism going into the spring home buying season.

Builder Confidence Up for 1st Time in a Year
Builder confidence in the housing market rose for the first time in 12 months, the National Association Home Builders reported Wednesday, as a drop in mortgage interest rates brought out more potential new home buyers.

Builder Confidence Down 12th Straight Month
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index went 12-for-12 in 2022—but not in a good way.

Builder Confidence Falls for 11th Straight Month
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes posted its 11th straight monthly decline in November, the National Association of Home Builders reported Wednesday, citing elevated interest rates, stubbornly high building material costs and declining affordability conditions that are pushing more buyers to the sidelines.

Sharp Slowdown Expected in Home Remodeling
The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity, a quarterly forecast from the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., projects year-over-year growth in homeowner remodeling and repair spending to shrink from 16.1 percent in 2022 to 6.5 percent by the third quarter 2023. And The National Association of Home Builders Remodeling Market Index for the third quarter posted a 10-point year over year decline in the third quarter, falling to 77.

Builder Confidence Falls 10th Straight Month
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell by eight points in October—its 10th straight monthly drop to the lowest level in 10 years, the National Association of Home Builders reported Tuesday.