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New-Home Sales

Are the Days of Builder Incentives Coming to an End?

For the past several months, home builders have offered prospective buyers mortgage rate buydowns to make new-home purchases more affordable, but as the market stabilizes, those incentives may be coming to an end

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Financing

Home Prices Are Increasing, but Buyer Sentiment Is on the Rise—Here’s Why

Homebuyers delayed by soaring borrowing costs are finding a window of opportunity as the Federal Reserve prepares to pause its rate hikes

Government + Policy

With Title 42 Set to Expire, NYC Scrambles to Find Migrant Housing

A Trump-era immigration policy will expire on Friday, spurring a wave of cross-border migration that New York City is unequipped to handle

The New American Home

A First Look at the New American Home 2024

Built by Sun West Custom Homes, The New American Home 2024 is on track to be completed in early October

Front elevation rendering of The New American Home 2024

NAHB

There’s a New Sheriff in Town at NAHB: Jim Tobin Becomes CEO

In an exclusive interview with Pro Builder, newly appointed CEO Jim Tobin outlines his role and the challenges ahead to raise housing’s voice at the federal levels of government

Labor + Trade Relations

Construction Layoffs Soar, Led by Single-Family Sector

Roughly 3.7% of construction workers were laid off or discharged in March, the highest rate reported since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Financing

The Mortgage Rate Madness Continues—Where Are Borrowing Costs Headed From Here?

Has the Federal Reserve taken its rate hikes too far? Here's what housing experts have to say about today's homebuying conditions

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Sales

Despite a Lack of New Listings, Home Sellers Still Have the Upper Hand

As a lack of new listings stirs up homebuying competition, the spring 2023 housing market is, by most definitions, a seller's market

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Market Data + Trends

Spring Home Searches Narrow as Sellers Pull Back

Elevated mortgage rates aren’t the biggest roadblock for homebuyers this spring

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Land Planning

North Carolina Habitat for Humanity Buys 100 Acres of Land for Workforce Housing

The Sandhills, NC, office recently bought 100 acres of land to build workforce housing for hundreds of families

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Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

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