National Association of Home Builders

• Housing Starts Rose a Surprisingly High 10.5% in August

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 21, 2010

  The U.S. housing market got a much-needed boost on Tuesday as the government's report on August housing starts rose at the unexpectedly strong rate of 10.5%, its highest level in four months.

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  Housing Market Index in September Continues August's Dismal Level

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2010

  Figures released Monday for the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for September held steady at 13, tying August's low.

• Warren's Debut; Congress, Fed Get to Work; and Housing: Advisor Briefing for the Week of September 20, 2010

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2010

  What's happening this week.

• Housing Market Index in September Continues August's Dismal Level

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 20, 2010

  Figures released Monday for the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for September held steady at 13, tying August's low.

• NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Index Drops Again in August

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 16, 2010

  For the third month in a row, builders surveyed in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index for August expressed a lack of confidence in the newly built, single-family home market.

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  Boomer housing boom - real or fraud?

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  July 27, 2010

  With so much being made of fraud within the first-time home buyer tax credit, we hope it's not a factor in the following item. According...

• Home Builders' Confidence Index Plummets to Lowest Point Since April 2009

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  July 19, 2010

  The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo housing market index showed builders' confidence in the single-family housing market dropped to its lowest point since April 2009, down two points to a reading of 14 in July.

• Home Builder Confidence Dropped in June; Import Prices Fell in May

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  June 15, 2010

  Home builder confidence in June for the newly built single-family home market fell back to February levels, before the beginning of the tax credit-related surge, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

• Home Builders' Confidence Rises, NAHB Index Shows

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2010

  An index measuring builder confidence for constructing newly built, single-family homes rose three points, to 22, in May, beating analysts' expectations. According the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI),

• Changes in thinking about retirment housing

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 25, 2010

  The latest Del Webb survey of baby boomers and their attitudes about retirement housing is set to drop, and (unsurprisingly) big changes have occured. According to...