The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), which tracks US homebuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes, inched up to 25 in August of 2026 from 34 in the previous month. The result contrasted with expectations that it would ease to 33. Current sales conditions rose by two points from the previous month to 39, while sales expectations over the next six months were unchanged at 43. Despite this, 35% of builders were forced to cut prices in August, down two percentage points from July. Among those, the average price reduction was 6%. source: National Association of Home Builders
Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States increased to 35 points in August from 34 points in July of 2026. Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States averaged 51.19 points from 1985 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 90.00 points in November of 2020 and a record low of 8.00 points in January of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Nahb Housing Market Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States NAHB Housing Market Index - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2026.
Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States increased to 35 points in August from 34 points in July of 2026. Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States is expected to be 42.00 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States NAHB Housing Market Index is projected to trend around 52.00 points in 2027 and 50.00 points in 2028, according to our econometric models.