The Housing Chronicles Blog: June builder confidence dips 2 points to 68 due to higher lumber prices

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

June builder confidence dips 2 points to 68 due to higher lumber prices

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes fell two points to 68 in June, and was due in large part to sharply elevated lumber prices, adding nearly $9,000 to the price of a new single-family home since January 2017.The index measuring current sales conditions fell to 75, the component gauging expectations in the next six months dropped to 76, and the metric charting buyer traffic edged down to 50.

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