Builder Confidence Sees Slight Improvement, but Remains Troubled
As some sales activity picked up toward the end of the spring season, with housing starts seeing an unexpected boost, ...
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Builder Sentiment Inches Further Into the Negative as Oil, Energy Prices Rise
The impact of ongoing geopolitical tensions with Iran and its effect on oil and energy prices continues to weigh on ...
Builder Confidence Flat as Developers Parse War, Rates
While confidence among homebuilders remains overall negative, there was a slight uptick in positivity in March as some market conditions ...
Builder Sentiment Slips as Affordability Challenges Persist Into 2026
Builder confidence in the new single-family home market declined at the start of 2026, as persistent affordability concerns continue to ...
Builder Sentiment Struggles Following Government Shutdown
The recent government shutdown—coupled with economic uncertainty due to tariffs and rising construction costs—has kept builder sentiment down this month, ...
Builder Confidence Remains Steady Ahead of Fed Decision
The monthly Housing Market Index (HMI), released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo this week, came in ...
Policy ‘Frustrations’ Keep Builder Confidence Low Amid Market Pressures
Confidence among homebuilders remains low as the housing market sees little relief from economic challenges, according to the latest data ...
Builders Say Market Hasn’t Lived Up to Expectations as Concessions Rise
Slow, challenging, unpredictable, bumpy—these are a few of the keywords builders are using to describe today’s market, stating that, overall, ...
Housing Starts See Diverging Shifts in Single and Multifamily Sectors
Housing starts saw some significant shifts in the single-family and multifamily sectors this month, which economists claim is a reaction ...
Homebuilder Confidence at Its Lowest in Seven Months
Homebuilder confidence came in at 39 (out of 100) in March, its lowest reading in seven months, as recorded by ...
How Real Estate Pros Defuse the Stressors of Today’s Real Estate Industry
RISMedia asked several longtime pros to share their thoughts about how they perceive the profession now, as well as their coping strategies. Read more.
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