While the CMHC may be in headed towards change, the Canadian Home
Builders Association remained optimistic following yesterday's budget announcement.
Not exact matches
Labour cost pressures also
remain firm in the construction sector; a recent survey by the Master
Builders Association suggests that labour shortages
remain most acute in trades exposed to the latter stages of the building process, contributing to ongoing pressure on rates for subcontractors.
U.S. homebuilders
remain upbeat, but their optimism has hit a ceiling amid signs that home demand has cooled, according to the National
Association of Home
Builders.
The
association estimates that the buyer of a hypothetical 2,200 - square - foot, $ 200,000 home on a greenfield site pays $ 101,653 for construction: $ 46,956 for the finished lot; and $ 51,391 for any
remaining costs, including the
builder's overhead and profit.
Home
builder confidence in the new, single - family construction market is healthy, but hurdles
remain, according to the latest National
Association of Home
Builders (NAHB) / Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Homeownership continues to
remain affordable, even as lofty prices weigh on the market, according to the National
Association of Home
Builders (NAHB) / Wells Fargo recent Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) report.
Builder confidence was unchanged in February from the prior month,
remaining at 72 on the National
Association of Home
Builders / Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Concerns about credit availability
remain, and in fact the National
Association of Home
Builders on Thursday urged Congress and federal regulators to ease mortgage qualification requirements.
Following seven consecutive months of gains, the list of improving U.S. housing markets
remained virtually unchanged in April, with 273 metros on the National
Association of Home
Builders / First American Improving Markets Index (IMI).
(BPT)- Demand
remains high for energy - efficient, eco-friendly home features, according to a survey by the National
Association of Home
Builders.
«Even in a down housing market, homeownership
remains a core American value, with the vast majority of citizens who do not currently own a home saying they want to buy a home,» said Bob Nielsen, president of the National
Association of Home
Builders and a home
builder from Reno, Nev. «Those running for office in November need to understand that voters will not look kindly on any candidates who seek to dismantle the nation's long - term commitment to homeownership.»
Meanwhile,
builder confidence
remains low, holding unchanged this month, according to an index by the National
Association of Home
Builders that was released Monday.