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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is a trade organization located in Washington, D.C., representing over 140,000 members who work in various sectors of home construction. This includes areas such as home building, remodeling, multifamily projects, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, and the manufacturing of building products. NAHB collaborates with more than 700 local and state home builders associations across the nation. The organization plays a key role in assisting its members in creating vibrant communities. Each year, NAHB members are responsible for constructing approximately 80% of all new homes in the United States, covering both single-family and multifamily dwellings.

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Volatile Spring Selling Season Continues

2 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

The Census estimate of new home sales posted an unexpected gain in April even as builders and consumers continue to deal with economic uncertainty, elevated interest rates and rising building material costs. Sales of newly built, single-family homes in April increased 10.9% to a 743,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from a downwardly revised March number, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
94% Multifamily Built-for-Rent Share

2 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

According to NAHB analysis of quarterly Census data, the count of multifamily, for-rent housing starts increased during the first quarter of 2025. For the quarter, 88,000 multifamily residences started construction. Of this total, 83,000 were built-for-rent. This was almost 11% higher than the first quarter of 2024. The market share of rental units of multifamily construction starts was 94% for the first quarter.
Gains for Multifamily Missing Middle over Last Year

2 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

The missing middle construction sector includes development of medium-density housing, such as townhouses, duplexes and other small multifamily properties. The multifamily segment of the missing middle (apartments in 2- to 4-unit properties) has generally disappointed since the Great Recession. However, there has been a noticeable uptick for this type of housing construction in recent data. For the first quarter of 2025, there were 5,000 2- to 4-unit housing unit construction starts.
Single-Family Home Size Trending Higher

2 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

An expected impact of the virus crisis was a need for more residential space, as people used homes for more purposes including work. Home size correspondingly increased in 2021 as interest rates reached historic lows. However, as interest rates increased in 2022 and 2023, and housing affordability worsened, the demand for home size has trended lower.
Slight Gains for Townhouse Construction

2 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

Townhouse construction expanded more than 2 percent on a year-over-year basis per data from the first quarter of 2025. According to NAHB analysis of the most recent Census data of Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design, during the first quarter of 2025, single-family attached starts totaled 43,000. Over the last four quarters, townhouse construction starts totaled a strong 175,000 homes, which is 2% higher than the prior four-quarter period (171,000).
Flat Growth for Single-Family Built-for-Rent

2 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

Single-family built-for-rent construction posted flat growth on a year-over-year basis, as a higher cost of financing crowded out development activity. According to NAHB’s analysis of data from the Census Bureau’s Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design, there were approximately 19,000 single-family built-for-rent (SFBFR) starts during the first quarter of 2025. This is flat relative to the first quarter of 2024.
Flat Custom Home Building Trends

2 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

NAHB’s analysis of Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey indicates flat year-over year growth for custom home builders. The custom building market is less sensitive to the interest rate cycle than other forms of home building but is more sensitive to changes in household wealth and stock prices. There were 34,000 total custom building starts during the first quarter of 2025. This was unchanged relative to the first quarter of 2024.
Soft Spring Selling Season Takes a Toll on Builder Confidence

3 weeks ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

Builder confidence fell sharply in May on growing uncertainties stemming from elevated interest rates, tariff concerns, building material cost uncertainty and the cloudy economic outlook. However, 90% of the responses received in May were tabulated prior to the May 12 announcement that the United States and China agreed to slash tariffs for 90 days to allow trade talks to continue.
Fed Remains on Pause with Rising Uncertainty

1 month ago | eyeonhousing.org | Robert Dietz

The Federal Reserve remained on pause with respect to rate cuts at the conclusion of its May meeting, maintaining the federal funds rate in the 4.25% to 4.5% range.
Prices for New Homes Continue to Drop as Existing Rises

1 month ago | eyeonhousing.org | Onnah Dereski

The median price for a new single-family home sold in the first quarter of 2025 was $416,900, a mere $14,600 above the existing home sale price of $402,300, according to U.S. Census Bureau and National Association of Realtors data (not seasonally adjusted - NSA). Typically, new homes carry a price premium over existing homes. However,