BuildFax Housing Health Report
The BuildFax Housing Health Report provides monthly insight into the health of the U.S. housing market with a particular focus on single-family housing authorizations and existing housing maintenance trends.
The BuildFax Housing Health Report provides monthly insight into the health of the U.S. housing market with a particular focus on single-family housing authorizations and existing housing maintenance trends.
COVID-19 reached its peak in the United States last month and the housing market felt the strain of the pandemic. A record number of houses were pulled off the market, new construction slowed, and existing home sales decreased.
March 2020
Maintenance and remodeling activity turned down sharply in March, as the COVID-19 outbreak led to shelter-in-place orders across the nation.
February 2020
Single-family housing authorizations decreased 7.21% month over month, signaling potential COVID-19 concerns. Meanwhile, the trailing three-month outlook rose 7.42%.
January 2020
Housing activity enters 2020 on a strong note with increases across almost all major indicators.
December 2019
The trailing three-month outlook (October to December 2019) grew 5.77%. Additionally, for a majority of the past decade, as domestic migration decreased, maintenance increased.
November 2019
Increases in single-family housing authorizations reach new highs in November. The probability of a recession dropped to 42% in November from nearly 50% earlier in the year.
October 2019
Single-family housing authorizations increase year over year for the first time in more than a year. California housing activity experiences notable growth in wildfire-impacted regions.
