Housing Starts Fall in March

Housing starts fell 14.7% month-over-month and 4.3% year-over-year in March, per the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

CoreLogic: Homeowner Equity Up 8.6% in Q4 2023

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., released its Homeowner Equity Insights report for the fourth quarter of 2023, finding homeowners with mortgages have seen their equity increase by a total of $1.3 trillion since Q4 2022. That’s a gain of 8.6% year-over-year.

Builder Sentiment Increases for Third Consecutive Month

Expectations that mortgage rates will continue to moderate, the prospect of future rate cuts and a protracted lack of existing inventory boosted home builder sentiment for the third straight month.

Home Builder Sentiment Dips Again: NAHB

Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell six points to 34 in November, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, the fourth consecutive monthly drop in builder confidence.