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In 2025, multifamily missing middle housing starts were the highest volume since 2007. However, this segment continues to underperform in the wake of the Great Recession because of zoning restrictions. nahb.org/blog/2026/03/m…

Roofing is an inherently dangerous job. It's also the job with the most safety resources and products. Here are some steps to mitigate the riskier elements of roofing: nahb.org/blog/2026/03/r…

Indiana @GovBraun recently signed into law a comprehensive bill to expand Indiana’s housing supply by rolling back costly regulatory barriers to #housing development. The @IBAHome played a major role in the legislation. nahb.org/blog/2026/03/h…

NAHB and NYSBA applaud NY @GovKathyHochul for launching the #LetThemBuild campaign in the Empire State to reduce the red tape many home builders face when trying to build homes. We continue to encourage policymakers to #LetBuildersBuild. Learn more: nahb.org/advocacy/top-p…

NAHB’s HBCU Student Leadership program hosted the 3rd annual Black Builder and Mentor Mixer at The New American Home during the 2026 International Builders’ Show in Orlando, with 160 students and mentors. nahb.org/blog/2026/03/n… #IBS2026

Single-family home sales plunged in January to an annual rate of 587,000, down 17.6% from Dec. 2025 and 11.3% lower than a year ago. The median sales price of new homes in January was $400,500, down 4.5% from Dec. 2025 and 6.8% from last year. #housingaffordability #realestate

The residential construction industry lost 7,100 #jobs in a tough February. Home building employment now stands at 3.3 million, 929,000 workers employed by home builders and remodelers and nearly 2.4 million residential specialty trade contractors. eyeonhousing.org/2026/03/u-s-ec…

BuilderBooks, the publishing arm of NAHB, has released a new title, AI in Residential Construction: A Blueprint for Lasting Impact and Success, that explores the use of AI in home building. nahb.pulse.ly/ww6skhfzai

After showing resilience in 2024, home building permits lost momentum over 2025 as elevated mortgage rates and ongoing #housingaffordability constraints weighed on buyer demand. Single-family home permits declined 7.4% in 2025. eyeonhousing.pulse.ly/knnoinpevx

Home builder confidence ticked up one point to a 38 reading in the March reading of the NAHB/@WellsFargo #Housing Market Index (HMI). The latest HMI survey revealed that 37% of builders cut prices in March, up slightly from 36% in February. nahb.org/news-and-econo… #realestate

Watch the NAHB Monday Morning Briefing for March 16, 2026, for all the housing headlines you need in less than 60 seconds. Read the latest NAHB news at nahb.org/blog.

NAHB on President Trump's #housing exec order: “The president’s executive order to remove regulatory barriers will enable builders to build more housing by reducing red tape, streamlining permitting, and easing costly regulations." More: nahb.org/news-and-econo… @WhiteHouse

More on the Senate #housing bill: NAHB previously supported this bill. But after the addition of mandates for investors & other provisions, like weakened regulatory relief for community banks, NAHB is urging a conference for the House and the Senate bills. nahb.org/blog/2026/03/s…

In the Senate #housing bill, a provision requiring institutional investors to sell built-for-rent single-family homes within seven years would reduce investment in rental housing and could slash single-family production by nearly 40,000 units per year. nahb.org/news-and-econo…

Housing starts jumped 7.2% in January to an annual rate of 1.487 million, 9.5% higher than January 2025. But single-family home starts fell 2.8% to an annual rate of 935,000, 6.5% lower than last year. Single-family permits were also down 1%. #realestate #housing

An NAHB legal expert joins the Housing Developments #podcast to explain how NAHB and 15 state attorneys general last week won a huge court case that effectively blocks certain federal mortgage programs from requiring the IECC 2021 energy code. nahb.org/blog/2026/03/p…

A recent 5-4 ruling from the Supreme Court underscores the unintended consequences to home owners and residents from the decades-long push by the USPS for cluster mailboxes in new residential communities. nahb.org/blog/2026/03/s…

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that HUD and the USDA cannot require homes to be built to the 2021 IECC to qualify for certain loans in a case brought by NAHB and 15 states challenging the federal energy code mandate. A big win for #housingaffordability nahb.org/blog/2026/03/c…

The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost #jobs in February, with payrolls falling by 92,000 in the month as the #unemployment rate ticked up to 4.4%. Numbers from December and January were also revised downward, with December now showing a loss of 17,000 jobs. cnbc.com/2026/03/06/feb…

A special question in the NAHB/@WellsFargo Housing Market Index (HMI) revealed which trends home builders think will impact #housing demand the most over the next 10 years with gov't debt levels and declining fertility limiting demand and aging housing stock and work-from-home lifting demand: nahb.org/news-and-econo…