The typical American family needs to spend 38% of its household income to make a mortgage payment on a median priced new single-family home, according to the latest quarterly Cost of Housing Index data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). For...
The latest National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) / Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) Housing Market Index (HMI) found builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes at the level of 45 in May, down six points from April for the index’s first...
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing declined year-over-year in the first quarter, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MMS produces two separate indices: the...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has published a 10-point plan designed to address housing affordability challenges. In announcing the plan, the NAHB observed there was a nationwide shortage of approximately 1.5 million housing units, which exacerbates...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has slammed the Biden administration’s decision to force the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will insure mortgages for new homes only if they are...