Builder Magazine: Housing Market Index

Builder Confidence at Five-Year High

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:11:48 EST

Home builders were ebullient about sales prospects in July.

NAHB Pushes Housing's Critical Issues for the Election Year

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:28:11 EST

The association's call to action comes amid growing signs that the industry is recovering.

Good and Bad for Remodelers in Latest Joint Center Housing Report

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 01:36:05 EST

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University says, in its “State of the Nation’s Housing 2012” report, that “Starting in the first quarter of 2011, home construction and improvement spending have made a positive contribution to GDP in four out of five quarters,” and that the “Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) points to a resumption of spending growth in the second half of 2012.” That’s some good news.

The Home Building Industry Is Waking Up

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:11:44 EST

In various pockets of the U.S., permits are being pulled and ground is being broken. This story makes the point through compelling photos, plus anecdotal and index-based info.

Builder Confidence Holds Up on Hope for the Future

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:28:40 EST

While the NAHB reports that builders are seeing more serious traffic, converting browsers into buyers remains difficult.

Builder Confidence Hits Four-Year High

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:22:08 EST

The significant monthly improvement came from the West, where the region’s index reading more than doubled.

Builder Confidence Up Again in January

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:30:40 EST

While the Housing Market Index remains low by historical standards, the monthly improvement brought it to the highest level seen in more than four years.

Builder Confidence Jumps in November

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:03:34 EST

The Housing Market Index reported its best reading since April 2008.

Builder Confidence Gains on Hope for Near Future

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:32:44 EST

In October, the Housing Market Index experienced the largest jump seen in 18 months.

Builder Confidence Drops After a Disappointing Summer

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:14:57 EST

Confidence among consumers and other small businesses has also fallen.

Builder Confidence Edges Down

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:13:21 EST

Builders grew slightly more glum in September despite record low mortgage rates and evidence from several big public builders that sales and prices appear to have stabilized. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for September dropped one point from August to a reading of 14, marking the sixth consecutive month that the index has been range bound between 13 and 16, NAHB said Monday.

Builder Confidence Frozen By Fear of What's Ahead

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:59:30 EST

While buyer traffic and sales conditions are up, builders and consumers are worried about what's to come.

Builder Confidence Unchanged in August

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:11:28 EST

Builder confidence in the new-home market remained stuck at 15 on a scale of 100 in August, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Analysts were expecting a flat reading. Two of three component indices, meanwhile, posted marginal gains.

Builder Confidence Rebounds

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:48:37 EST

The NAHB's builder confidence index bounces slightly off the bottom.

Builder Confidence Edges Up

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:11:23 EST

Builder confidence in the market for new single-family home sales rose by 2 points in July, the National Association of Home Builders said Monday, butthe confidence reading of 15 remained sharply below a level that wouldindicate optimism.

Builder Confidence Takes Another Leg Down

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:12:49 EST

Builders are no more confident now in the market for new single-family homes than they were in the post tax-credit doldrums of September, 2010, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The index, released Wednesday, slipped three points from May to a reading of 13, the lowest it has been since last September and three points below analyst expectations of 16.

Foreclosures Continue to Take Toll on Pricing

Wed, 25 May 2011 04:20:21 EST

Bills have been introduced in the Senate advocating to remove some of banks’ financial incentives to foreclose rather than modify.

Low Expectations Keep Builder Confidence in the Dumps

Mon, 16 May 2011 04:43:40 EST

Even as measures of sales and traffic moved up, disappointment from a poor showing in sales this spring left builders unhopeful.

Markets Need Jobs

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:04:21 EST

Jobs must be created before housing industry recovers.

Editor's Notes: Well-Priced Lots

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:34:39 EST

There's still more than one way to come by home building's time-release mechanism.