Podcast: An Industry Pulse Check
In the latest episode of the Housing Developments podcast, NAHB CEO Jim Tobin and SVP Paul Lopez take a look at home building from multiple perspectives — economic, policy and regulatory — and discuss what the current business environment means for housing in the short- and long term.
Listen to Housing Developments wherever you get your podcasts, or watch the video version of your hosts in-studio at the link below.
Editor’s note: Find more in-depth analyses on housing data on NAHB’s economics blog, Eye on Housing.
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