In another sign that the slowdown in the housing market in not going away soon, builder sentiment fell for the ninth straight month in September as the combination of elevated interest rates, persistent building-material supply-chain disruptions and high home...
Ongoing lumber and building-material supply-side constraints, rising construction costs and expectations of higher interest rates continue to negatively affect builder sentiment, even as buyer demand remains relatively solid.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes moved two...
Low existing inventories and strong buyer demand helped push builder confidence higher for the third consecutive month, even as supply-side challenges – including building-material bottlenecks and lot and labor shortages – remain stubbornly persistent.
Builder sentiment in the market for...
Strong buyer demand helped to offset supply-side challenges relating to building materials, regulation and labor, but builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes inched down in July, according to new data from the National Association of...
