United States Nahb Housing Market Index

The NAHB Housing Market Index in the United States fell to 70 in November 2019 from 71 in the previous month and below market expectations of 71. The sub-index for current single-family declined to 76 from 78 in October; and the sub-index for prospective buyers decreased to 53 from 54. Meanwhile, the gauge for home sales over the next six months rose to 77 from 76. Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States averaged 50.53 from 1985 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 78 in December of 1998 and a record low of 8 in January of 2009. source: National Association of Home Builders

Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States is expected to be 68.00 by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States to stand at 60.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Nahb Housing Market Index is projected to trend around 58.00 in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-08-15	02:00 PM	NAHB Housing Market Index Aug	66	65	65	65
2019-09-17	02:00 PM	NAHB Housing Market Index Sep	68	67	66	65
2019-10-16	02:00 PM	NAHB Housing Market Index Oct	71	68	68	66
2019-11-18	03:00 PM	NAHB Housing Market Index Nov	70	71	71	71
2019-12-16	03:00 PM	NAHB Housing Market Index Dec		70	70	68
2020-01-16	03:00 PM	NAHB Housing Market Index Jan				67
2020-02-18	03:00 PM	NAHB Housing Market Index Feb				65

United States Housing	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Building Permits	1461.00	1391.00	2419.00	513.00	Thousand	[+]
Housing Starts	1314.00	1266.00	2494.00	478.00	Thousand units	[+]
New Home Sales	733.00	738.00	1389.00	270.00	Thousand units	[+]
Pending Home Sales	4.40	3.80	30.90	-24.30	percent	[+]
Existing Home Sales	5460.00	5360.00	7250.00	1370.00	Thousand	[+]
Construction Spending	-0.80	-0.30	5.90	-4.80	percent	[+]
Housing Index	0.60	0.20	1.20	-1.80	percent	[+]
Nahb Housing Market Index	70.00	71.00	78.00	8.00		[+]
Mortgage Rate	3.98	3.97	10.56	3.47	percent	[+]
Mortgage Applications	3.80	-9.20	49.10	-38.80	percent	[+]
Case Shiller Home Price Index	218.27	218.12	218.27	100.00	Index Points	[+]
Home Ownership Rate	64.80	64.10	69.20	62.90	percent	[+]

NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) is based on a monthly survey of home builders. They are asked to rate current sales of single-family homes and sales expectations for the next six months and to rate traffic of prospective buyers. Scores for responses to each component are used to calculate a seasonally adjusted overall index, where a number over 50 indicates more builders view sales conditions as good than poor. 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 - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on December of 2019.