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- Podcast: Mayor Touts Housing as Foundation of Memphis Growth StrategyOn the latest episode of NAHB’s podcast, Housing Developments, COO Paul Lopez and guest host Karl Eckhart, NAHB VP of State and Local Government Affairs, welcome Mayor Paul Young of Memphis, Tenn.
- What's Really Stalling Buyers, and the Sales You're Leaving on the TableBuyers need enough money left over each month to live comfortably. And builders need enough margin and capital left over to keep building. Understanding the buyers' needs is essential to protecting your business.
- Get the Latest Updates on Immigration Enforcement in Free NAHB WebinarNAHB is hosting a members-only webinar next month that will feature the latest updates on immigration enforcement practices and what members need to do to protect their businesses and their documented workers.
- Persistence and NAHB Support Deliver Victory in Michigan Permit Fee CaseFor more than 15 years, the Home Builders Association of Michigan (HBAM) has been battling the city of Troy, Mich., in court over the city’s shift to a privatized permit fee process. The case was finally decided in HBAM’s favor.
- Widespread U.S. Housing Ballot Wins; Two Key NAHB-Backed DefeatsAlthough housing ballot measures fared well nationwide in the midterm elections, two NAHB-backed initiatives were defeated: one to streamline environmental reviews in California and another to address minimum lot sizes for single-family homes in Massachusetts.
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- Building Material Price Inflation Remains High Despite Energy Price DeclinesThe Producer Price Index for final demand was up 0.3% in October, after rising 1.4% in September. Compared to a year ago, final demand prices were up 6.5%. The price of goods used in new residential construction (including energy) was unchanged over the month and up 9.8% from last year, while the price of services […]
- No Relief: Credit Conditions for Builders Still TighteningCredit conditions on loans for residential Land Acquisition, Development & Construction (AD&C) were still tightening in the third quarter of 2026, according to NAHB’s quarterly survey on AD&C Financing. The net easing index derived from the survey posted a third-quarter reading of -15.3 (the negative number indicating net tightening). This marks the nineteenth consecutive quarter […]
- Existing Home Sales Fell to 16-Year LowAfter a brief rebound last month, existing home sales plummeted to a 16-year low in October. With mortgage rates back above 7% since mid-September and home prices still elevated, buyers continued to stay on the sidelines. Sales declined across all four regions, with the West hitting a record low while the Midwest and South fell […]
- Significantly Weaker Demand for Residential Mortgages and CRE Loans in Third QuarterDemand for all types of residential mortgages was significantly weaker, while lending standards for most were essentially unchanged in the third quarter of 2026, according to the recent release of the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS). For commercial real estate (CRE) loans, lending standards for construction & development were moderately tighter, while multifamily loans were […]
- Household Debt Delinquencies Rise as Mortgage Performance WeakensHousehold debt delinquency rates increased in the third quarter of 2026 as the share of delinquent balances and the transition to seriously delinquent debt increased. According to the latest Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, about 5.0% of outstanding household debt balances were in some stage […]
