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- Podcast: Housing Affordability and What Policymakers Can Do to Solve ItIn the latest episode of NAHB's podcast, Housing Developments, hosts CEO Jim Tobin and COO Paul Lopez discuss the latest economic data and what is happening nationwide as the housing affordability crisis continues to be a key issue.
- Biden Administration Releases Decarbonization Plan for Homes and BuildingsThe U.S. Department of Energy recently released an ambitious blueprint for decarbonizing buildings in the country, including homes, with a stated goal to reduce carbon emissions from buildings 90% by 2050 compared with the 2005 baseline.
- New NAHB Resource for State and Local Housing AdvocatesThe State Affairs is a new quarterly newsletter to keep members of the Federation informed of key state and local housing issues.
- Housing Starts Fall on Interest Rate, Financing ConcernsOverall housing starts decreased 14.7% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.32 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Within this overall number, single-family starts decreased 12.4% to a 1.02 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. The multifamily sector decreased […]
- NAHB’s Latest Advocacy Wins, and What’s NextNAHB advocates for its members year-round on various issues affecting residential construction. Now, members can watch short-form videos directly from NAHB&rsquo's staff experts about housing industry-related legislative and regulatory matters.
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- How Quickly Do Prices Respond to Monetary Policy?As economist Milton Friedman once quipped, monetary policy has a history of operating with “long and variable lags.”[1] What Friedman was expressing is that it takes some time for the true effects of monetary policy, like the changing of the federal funds rate, to permeate completely through the larger economy. While some industries, like housing,...
- Most Home Buyers Want One, Medium-Sized Home OfficeAccording to the latest What Home Buyers Really Want Study*, the vast majority of home buyers are looking for a home with at least one home office (or space dedicated to work/study). More specifically, 66% would prefer to buy a home with exactly one home office, 13% want at least two offices, and 20% want...
- Housing Starts Fall on Interest Rate, Financing ConcernsHousing starts fell in March with interest rates somewhat higher than expected last month as the latest inflation readings failed to show improvement. Builders are also still facing higher supply-side costs and tighter lending conditions. Overall housing starts decreased 14.7% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.32 million units, according to a...
- Green Building: Top PracticesAn earlier post based on the report The Building Sustainably: Green & Resilient Single- Family Homes 2024 SmartMarket Brief focused on the prevalence of green home building. This post will examine commonly used practices in green building. This is the second part of a four-part series that will be published about the report. Top Green...
- Builder Sentiment Unchanged in AprilBuilder sentiment was flat in April as mortgage rates remained close to 7% over the past month and the latest inflation data failed to show improvement during the first quarter of 2024. Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 51 in April, unchanged from March, according to the National Association of...
