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Homebuilder sentiment turns negative for the first time since April as more buyers defer purchases amid high rates
"High mortgage rates are clearly taking a toll on builder confidence and consumer demand," NAHB sai…
Matthew Fox
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Lumber falls to a new 2022 low after homebuilder sentiment drops for the 12th month in a row
"NAHB is expecting weaker housing conditions to persist in 2023 and we forecast a recovery coming i…
Matthew Fox
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Homebuilder confidence drops to the lowest in 10 months as high mortgage rates freeze the housing market
"The housing affordability crisis can only be solved by adding additional attainable, affordable su…
Phil Rosen
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Homebuilder stocks drop as companies report 8th straight monthly drop in housing sentiment to the lowest reading since start of the pandemic
About 1-in-5 homebuilders reported reducing prices to boost sales or limit cancellations, according…
Carla Mozée
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The nation's largest homebuilder says more buyers are cancelling deals amid growing real-estate market pessimism
Nearly 1 in 4 buyers canceled contracts with D.R. Horton, the nation's biggest homebuilder, this pa…
Alcynna Lloyd,James Rodriguez
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3 signs the housing market is slowing down
A vibe shift is happening in the housing market. Experts point out three underlying fundamentals th…
Alcynna Lloyd
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What tech boom? A homebuilder, 3 cruise lines, and Chipotle have all outperformed Apple and Microsoft on the S&P 500 this year
While Apple's stock returned 45% year-to-date, cruise line operator Royal Caribbean strongly outper…
Zahra Tayeb
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One major homebuilder is resorting to Black Friday discounts to lure buyers back to the market
Buyers are gaining power as builders drop prices and offer incentives to offset high mortgage rates…
James Rodriguez
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Homebuilder stocks surge after earnings reveal improving demand from buyers despite high mortgage rates
I think this improvement attests to the ongoing desire for homeownership that exists in this countr…
Matthew Fox
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It's too expensive for builders to solve the housing shortage
Just when the US needs the pace of homebuilding to pick up, builders' new starts dropped in April. …
Ben Winck
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Homebuilders may finally be turning a corner as inflation stabilizes and lower mortgage rates bring buyers back into the market
As mortgage rates fall and inflation slows, millennials could revive the US housing market this yea…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Homebuilders are slowing down construction, and it could make it even harder for first-time buyers in the years ahead
As construction costs rise, there are fewer homes being built. It could make it harder for first-ti…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Homebuilders aren't helping to lower home prices because they too are sitting on the sidelines waiting for inflation and mortgage rates to fall
Many Americans are putting off homeownership until prices drop and mortgage rates are lower. Builde…
Alcynna Lloyd,Ben Winck
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Lumber prices are up 14% in 2023 after tanking last year, and a lack of supply could fuel another surge ahead of key homebuilding season
A further rise in lumber prices would be a positive for producers, but not so much for consumers wh…
Matthew Fox
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Here's how fast homebuilding is catching up to the record-low number of houses for sale
New house construction slowed for years after 2008, and morphed into a 2020 inventory crisis, but s…
Ben Winck
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Homebuilder sentiment posts a record jump in June, signaling a housing-market rebound from the coronavirus pandemic
"As the nation reopens, housing is well-positioned to lead the economy forward," said NAHB Chairman…
Carmen Reinicke
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The CEO of one of America's biggest homebuilders said we're already in a 'housing recession,' and there are two other key signs that the real-estate market is still cooling
Sheryl Palmer of Taylor Morrison said that rising interest rates could cause homebuilders to slow d…
Robert Davis
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Here comes homebuilder sentiment ...
They've been positive on the housing market amid low mortgage rates and a steady jobs market. Howev…
Akin Oyedele
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US existing home sales spike to fastest rate since 2006 as housing-market boom accelerates further
The US housing market has served as a bright spot in the slowing economic recovery as record-low mo…
Ben Winck
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Here comes homebuilder sentiment ...
The index, which measures how builders rate present and future market conditions for new home sales…