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Sep 17, 2024
Builder Sentiment Rises as Rates Fall but Affordability Challenges PersistBuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 41 in September, up two points from a reading of 39 in August, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. This breaks a string of four consecutive monthly declines.
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