Housing Market Index

Housing Market Index

• Builder Confidence Wobbles in March

  Reading of 15 returns HMI to January levels; buyer traffic worsens.

   

• Builder Confidence Bumps Upward in February

  HMI increases 2 points to a reading of 17.

   

• Builder Confidence Holds Steady in November

  HMI remains at a reading of 17.

   

• Builder Confidence Slips in October

  Housing Market Index shows that builder confidence declined one point.

   

• Builders More Confident in September

  But expiring federal home buyer tax credit, low appraisals, and the builder credit market threaten 'fragile' improvements in housing market.

   

• Home Builder Confidence Rises to Highest Level in 14 Months

  NAHB/Wells Fargo Index also shows more assurance about future sales and buyer traffic.

   

• Builder Confidence Slips One Point in June

  NAHB says housing market and economy are “fragile.”

   

• Existing-Home Prices Continued to Plummet in March

  The S&P/Case-Shiller Composite Index for 20 metro markets fell by 18.7% over the same month a year ago, exceeding economists’ forecasts.

   

• Builder Confidence Jumps in May

  HMI rises two points to a reading of 16.

   
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  Home price index author sees more volatility ahead

  Yale's Robert Shiller is planning to offer investors securities based on housing's risk.

   

• NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index Surges to 14 in April

  Builders’ expectations rise dramatically for single-family sales over the next six months.

   

• New-Home Sales Post 4.7% Monthly Jump in February

  Pace remains more than 40% below sales activity one year ago.

   

• Builder Confidence Stays Steady in March

  HMI remains at reading of 9.

   

• Builder Confidence Moves Upward in February

  HMI rises one point to a reading of 9.

   

• Builder Confidence in Boomer Buyers Dwindles

  The NAHB has launched a new barometer of the 55+ market.

   

• HMI Slides to Record Low of 8

  Census data shows builders responding to buyers’ economic concerns by starting smaller homes.

   

• HMI Holds Steady in December

  Builder confidence remains at historically low level of 9.

   

• NAHB Housing Market Index Plunges to Reading of 9 in October

  Builder confidence drops to lowest level ever recorded by index since 1985 inception.

   

• Builder Confidence Falls to Record Low

  Financial crisis on Wall Street cited as key factor in October HMI.

   

• Builder Confidence Jumps in September according to NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI)

  HMI increases to 18, two points above recent historic low.