Builder sentiment inched up for a second consecutive month despite a housing market that is still saddled with affordability challenges, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Builder confidence in the...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has hired Ken Wingert as its new chief advocacy officer. Wingert will lead the association’s advocacy efforts at federal, state and local levels, along with its legal advocacy and BUILD-PAC, NAHB’s political action...
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes inched up this month in the latest the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The September HMI reading was 41, up from 39 in August. This month’s HMI...
Sales of new single-family houses in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 739,000, according to estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This marked a 10.6% spike from the revised June rate of...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) offered cautious praise for Vice President Kamala Harris’ focus on the challenges facing housing affordability, expressing satisfaction that she is speaking about the subject but warning that some of her ideas would...