Forecasts

The NAHB Economics Group produces a variety of in-depth industry forecasts offering unique geographic- and sector-specific insights. Economic forecasts focused specifically on the housing industry, incorporating NAHB’s survey results as well as the feedback of over 700 local home builders associations around the country.

The forecasts categories include: State, Long-Term, Remodeling, and the Executive-Level. All of these forecasts are available exclusively to subscribers of Housing Economics Plus.

• Executive-level Forecast — Monthly and quarterly outlooks closely examining economic and housing activity, including price indices and interest rates.
• Long-term Forecast — Annual projections featuring a ten-year outlook of economic and housing activity, including changes in interest rates and prices.
• Monthly forecasts providing recent historical data, as well as detailed outlooks for the current year and the following two years of private residential improvements spending.
• State Housing Starts Forecast— Annual outlooks illustrating details on total housing starts for single- and multifamily homes by region and state.
• Metro-Level Starts Outlook — Annual report forecasting growth expectations and rankings for single-family and multifamily starts in each of the metro areas across the country.

Learn more in the Housing Economics Plus section.