{"id":386879,"date":"2018-11-28T09:42:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T08:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-housing-demand-stalls-homebuilder-confidence-plummets\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T08:42:10","slug":"prison-planet-com-housing-demand-stalls-homebuilder-confidence-plummets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-housing-demand-stalls-homebuilder-confidence-plummets\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Housing Demand Stalls: Homebuilder Confidence Plummets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mac Slavo<\/strong>
SHTFplan.com<\/a>
November 21, 2018<\/p>\n

The signs of a weakening and crash-worthy economy are all around, such as a lack of confidence in the housing market. Demands for new homes have stalled this month, which has caused new homebuilder confidence to plummet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rising interest rates and the continuous rate of home price growth is hurting new homebuilders\u2019 confidence in the housing market. Not only are homebuilders losing faith, but others are concerned about the affordability of homes now. According to CNBC<\/em>,<\/a> sentiment among homebuilders dropped 8 points in November to 60 in the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)\/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.\u00a0That is the lowest reading since August 2016, but anything above 50 is still considered positive. The index stood at 69 in November of last year and hit a cyclical high of 74 last December.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilders report that they continue to see signs of consumer demand for new homes but that customers are taking a pause due to concerns over rising interest rates and home prices,\u201d said NAHB Chairman Randy Noel<\/a>, a builder from LaPlace, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

CNBC<\/em> further reported that some<\/a> of the United State\u2019s largest publicly traded homebuilders, like\u00a0Lennar\u00a0and\u00a0KB Homes, lowered their expectations for sales in 2019 in recent earnings releases. There is still a shortage of homes for sale, but newly built homes come at a price premium, and as interest rates rise<\/a>, new home buyers are consequently hit hardest.<\/p>\n

The average interest rate on a mortgage is now more than one full point higher than it was a year ago. And the Federal Reserve has tentatively scheduled four interest rate hikes for 2019<\/a>, which has many wondering just how hard the central bank is willing to hit a deeply indebted\u00a0nation.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Central Banks Collusion: Global Debt Will Cause The Ultimate Destruction Of The System<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n