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US Data: NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index - Summary

Release for: May 2018
Source: NAHB Builders' Economic Council
Weighted average of three component indexes
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             2017:                                          2018:
               May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan    Feb  Mar  Apr  May
Overall:        69   66   64   67   64   68   69   74   72     71   70   68   70
Components:
1-family
Sales
Present
time            75   72   70   74   70   75   77   80   79     77   77   74   76
Next 6
months          78   75   73   77   73   78   76   79   78     80   78   77   77
Prospective
Buyer
Traffic         51   49   48   48   47   48   50   58   54     54   51   51   51
Northeast       47   46   48   49   50   49   61   53   60     55   54   55   55
Midwest         65   68   64   65   60   65   65   76   69     70   64   63   68
South           71   68   63   69   65   69   72   75   73     73   74   72   71
West            80   71   74   77   79   76   77   84   83     76   77   76   75
Regional
3-mo Moving
Averages
Northeast       48   46   47   48   49   49   53   54   58     56   56   55   55
Midwest         68   67   66   66   63   63   63   69   70     72   68   66   65
South           71   70   67   67   66   68   69   72   73     74   73   73   72
West            78   76   75   74   77   77   77   79   81     81   79   76   76
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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