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Builder Confidence Improves Third Month

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Builder Confidence Improves Third Month

construction-twoBy Tory Barranger

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes continued to improve this month, despite ongoing shakiness in new construction numbers.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported on Monday a two-point increase in itsHousing Market Index, a gauge of builder sentiment measuring current single-family new home sales, expected sales six months out, and volume of traffic from prospective homebuyers.>>

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