While the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index remains low, it rose for the first time since December 2021. The NAHB attributed the increase to a recent modest drop in interest rates, but noted that ...

Aarthi Swaminathan is a MarketWatch personal finance reporter covering residential real estate. She is the winner of a silver award for Best Collection of Work by an Individual Covering Residential ...

Home builder sentiment climbed in January for the first time since December 2021, according to the National Association of Home Builders, a welcome bright spot for the otherwise bleak housing market ...

The numbers: Builder confidence rose in December for the first time in five months as mortgage rates fell. Builder confidence increased as rates fell roughly 50 basis points over the past month, which ...

According to one survey, buying a first home is more stressful than certain life events — and brings some unexpected changes.

“One of the things I think is most important, whether you’re a first-time home builder or not, is making sure the lenders you’re working with have expertise in construction, because not everybody does ...

Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. home builder confidence weakened in August for the first time this year, according to a report released Tuesday, as record-breaking mortgage rates and still-high housing prices ...

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Confidence among U.S. single-family homebuilders improved for the first time in more than a year in January, potentially signaling the housing slump may have reached its low point ...

Home builder D.R. Horton reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ expectations and the stock was rising in premarket ...