The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 140,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. NAHB is affiliated with 700 state and local home builders associations around the country. NAHB’s builder members will construct about 80 percent of the new housing units projected for this year.
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Builder sentiment improves after election
Builder sentiment improved for the third straight month and builders expect market conditions will continue to improve with Republicans winning control of the White...
Multifamily developer sentiment subdued despite positive occupancy
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing showed mixed results year-over-year in the third quarter, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey...
Ken Wingert Named Chief Advocacy Officer for NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced that Ken Wingert has been named its new chief advocacy officer. A dedicated government affairs professional with...
Builder sentiment rises as interest rates fall
With mortgage rates declining by more than one-half of a percentage point from early August through mid-September, per Freddie Mac, builder sentiment edged higher...
NAHB Commends Vice President Harris’s Focus on Boosting Housing Production
Carl Harris, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from Wichita, Kansas, issued the following statement regarding...
Multifamily developer confidence falls on production difficulties
Developer confidence in the market for new multifamily housing declined year-over-year in the second quarter, according to results from the August Multifamily Market Survey...
Builder confidence remains subdued in June
Mortgage rates that averaged 6.92% in June per Freddie Mac, along with elevated rates for construction and development loans, continue to put a damper...
Multifamily Pillars of the Industry awards now open for applications
Since 1990, the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) has sponsored the Pillars of the Industry Awards to recognize excellence in apartment and condominium design and development,...
Why Johnny can’t build
We were once a nation of builders—from the toll roads and canals of the early nineteenth century and the railroads of the second half...
Major U.S. Supreme Court decisions coming down the track MAJOR UPDATE
June 28, 2024 Update: The Supreme Court in an unprecedented victory for multifamily and other businesses, has today reversed its 40-year-old decision in Chevron...
The incredible disappearing Starwood CRE investor
The $10 billion fund from Starwood Capital Group has been trying to preserve its available cash and credit by limiting investor redemptions. In the...
Builder confidence falls again as interest rates remain high
Mortgage rates that continue to hover in the 7% range along with elevated construction financing costs continue to put a damper on builder confidence....
Builder confidence falls in May on higher interest rates
With mortgage rates averaging above 7% for the past four weeks per data from Freddie Mac, builder sentiment posted its first decline since November...
Publisher’s note: The measure of all things
“Man is the measure of all things,” wrote Greek philosopher Protagoras two and a half millennial ago. While a simple notion, it’s important to...
“Desire paths” and the problem with central planning
I recently attended the Austrian Economics Research Conference, which is held annually at the Mises Institute on the campus of Auburn University. After an inspiring...
