US Homebuilder Sentiment Reaches Seven-Month High After Election

  • Outlook for sales climbs to highest level in over two years
  • NAHB/Wells Fargo gauge of builder sentiment rises to 46

Builders have been using sales incentives to help stoke demand amid limited competition from the existing-home market. 

Photographer: Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg
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Confidence among US homebuilders advanced to a seven-month high in November on a jump in sales expectations and optimism a Trump administration will ease regulatory burdens.

A gauge of housing market conditions from the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo climbed 3 points to 46 this month, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists.