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- How Green Building is Shaping the Future of ConstructionAs home builders construct new homes, keeping up with green building trends will ensure they can compete in the current housing market.
- 5 Ways to Maximize Your IBS 2025 Education JourneyThe education sessions at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) always offer tons of fresh content from new perspectives. Here are the top five ways you can learn from the best, and connect with industry leaders and peers at the 2025 IBS, taking place Feb. 25-27 in Las Vegas.
- Top Recruitment Tips to Help Your Membership GrowGrowing the membership of NAHB is critical to continually strengthen the home building industry. Member-to-member recruitment is the most effective method, and the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County in North Carolina has stood out for its impressive growth in 2024.
- HBA Staff Appreciation Week Kicks Off TodayThe inaugural HBA Staff Appreciation Week honors and celebrates the hard work and commitment of the association management professionals across the Federation.
- How Zoning Regulations Affect Affordable HousingZoning and land use policies can either constrain or promote housing production, depending on how they are structured. For example, inclusionary zoning often does not result in additional housing affordability and can drive up costs of market-rate units.
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- Housing Costs Continue to Drive InflationInflation picked up again in October, showing the last mile to the 2% target will be the hardest. Shelter costs remained the main driver of inflation, accounting for over 65% of the 12-month increase in the all items less food and energy index. However, the year-over-year change in the shelter index has been below 5%...
- U.S. Consumer Debt Rises to $5.1 Trillion in the Third QuarterTotal outstanding U.S. consumer debt stood at $5.10 trillion for the third quarter of 2024, increasing at an annualized rate of 3.28% (seasonally adjusted), according to the Federal Reserve’s G.19 Consumer Credit Report. In general, consumer debt has been slowing over the past two years, peaking at a high rate of 9.16% in the second...
- Sawmill Production Rises in the Second QuarterThe production index for sawmills and wood preservation industries rose marginally by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2024. After falling for the previous two quarters, this was the first rise in real output since the third quarter of 2023 according to the G.17 data. The index was 2.2% lower than one year ago, the...
- A Rate Cut from the Fed: What Will the Terminal Rate Be?The Fed cut the short-term federal funds rate by an additional 25 basis points at the conclusion of its November meeting, reducing the top target rate to 4.75%. However, while the Fed noted it is making progress to its 2% inflation target, it did not provide post-election guidance on the pace and ultimate path for...
- Multifamily Developer Sentiment Showed Mixed Results in Third QuarterConfidence in the market for new multifamily housing showed mixed results year-over-year in the third quarter of 2024, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey (MMS) released today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The MMS produces two separate indices: the Multifamily Production Index (MPI) had a reading of 40, an increase...
