Tag: HMI

Builder sentiment remains subdued as rising material costs, elevated mortgage rates and ongoing affordability challenges continue to strain the housing ...

As some sales activity picked up toward the end of the spring season, with housing starts seeing an unexpected boost, ...

The impact of ongoing geopolitical tensions with Iran and its effect on oil and energy prices continues to weigh on ...

While confidence among homebuilders remains overall negative, there was a slight uptick in positivity in March as some market conditions ...

Continuing challenges to affordability—namely higher construction and financing costs—once again kept builder confidence in the negative territory, according to the ...

Builder confidence in the new single-family home market declined at the start of 2026, as persistent affordability concerns continue to ...

Builder confidence remained in negative territory for the final month of 2025—as it did throughout the year due to continued ...

The recent government shutdown—coupled with economic uncertainty due to tariffs and rising construction costs—has kept builder sentiment down this month, ...

According to the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), which gauges builder perceptions of current and ...

Confidence among homebuilders remains low as the housing market sees little relief from economic challenges, according to the latest data ...