US homebuilder sentiment intelligence (monthly)

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Monthly NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index readings 2025-10 -> 2026-09, agent-curated from the official NAHB press release for each month (the HMI historical tables are NAHB paywalled). Headline index plus the three subindices (current sales, expected sales next 6 months, buyer traffic), the four US census-region three-month moving averages, and the three price-tactic measures (share of builders cutting prices, average price reduction, share using sales incentives) — enriched with month-over-month headline delta, deep-pessimism/weak/soft/firming/expansion sentiment bands, the regional spread in points, a 0-100 price-cut intensity composite, incentive-pressure (>=65%) and weak-buyer-traffic (<=25) flags, per-row provenance URLs, and deterministic row hashes. Headline values use NAHB's revised series. License: NAHB's survey readings are proprietary — NOT licensed for commercial use; composites are original analysis. Who joins this: an online shop (furniture, appliances, home improvement) joins (month, us_census_region) to its orders to model housing-led demand pull-through; a subscription business (moving, storage, home services) reads a collapse in buyer traffic as a demand/churn leading indicator; a sales team joins the incentive- and price-cut-intensity fields to time offers to builders and home-services buyers.

Source
Rows: 12
Columns: 22
Source cadence: Monthly
Last refreshed: Sep 30, 2026
Theme: economy

Column	Type	Description
month	string	ISO date of the month's first day. (unit: date)
country_code	string	ISO alpha-3 country code (USA).
country_name	string	Country name.
hmi	integer	NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index headline, seasonally adjusted; >50 = more builders view conditions as good than poor (revised series: Feb 2026 36 -> 37, Jun 2026 35 -> 36). (unit: index 0-100)
hmi_current_sales	integer	HMI subindex: current single-family sales conditions. (unit: index 0-100)
hmi_future_sales_6mo	integer	HMI subindex: sales expectations for the next six months. (unit: index 0-100)
hmi_buyer_traffic	integer	HMI subindex: traffic of prospective buyers. (unit: index 0-100)
hmi_3mo_ma_northeast	integer	Regional HMI three-month moving average: Northeast. (unit: index 0-100)
hmi_3mo_ma_midwest	integer	Regional HMI three-month moving average: Midwest. (unit: index 0-100)
hmi_3mo_ma_south	integer	Regional HMI three-month moving average: South. (unit: index 0-100)
hmi_3mo_ma_west	integer	Regional HMI three-month moving average: West. (unit: index 0-100)
pct_builders_cut_prices	integer	Share of builders reporting they cut home prices in the month, percent. (unit: percent)
avg_price_reduction_pct	integer	Average price reduction among builders that cut, percent. (unit: percent)
pct_builders_using_incentives	integer	Share of builders using sales incentives, percent. (unit: percent)
hmi_mom_delta	float	Month-over-month change of the headline HMI on the revised series, index points. (unit: points)
sentiment_band	string	deep-pessimism (<35) / weak (35-39) / soft (40-44) / firming (45-49) / expansion (>=50).
regional_spread_pts	integer	Max minus min of the four regional three-month moving averages — geographic dispersion of builder sentiment. (unit: points)
price_cut_intensity	float	Documented 0-100 composite: pct_builders_cut_prices x avg_price_reduction_pct / 10 — price-pressure proxy.
incentive_pressure_flag	boolean	True when 65% or more of builders use sales incentives.
buyer_traffic_weak_flag	boolean	True when the buyer-traffic subindex is at or below 25 ("low to very low" territory).
source_url	string	The official NAHB press release this month's readings were recorded from.
row_hash	string	Deterministic sha256 row identity (first 16 hex chars).

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

month	country_code	country_name	hmi	hmi_current_sales	hmi_future_sales_6mo	hmi_buyer_traffic	hmi_3mo_ma_northeast	hmi_3mo_ma_midwest	hmi_3mo_ma_south	hmi_3mo_ma_west	pct_builders_cut_prices	avg_price_reduction_pct	pct_builders_using_incentives	hmi_mom_delta	sentiment_band	regional_spread_pts	price_cut_intensity	incentive_pressure_flag	buyer_traffic_weak_flag	source_url	row_hash
2025-10-01	USA	United States	37	38	54	25	46	42	31	28	38	6	65	—	weak	18	22.8	true	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/10/amid-market-challenges-builder-expectations-rise-in-october	b11ae6d3d1552b5b
2025-11-01	USA	United States	38	41	51	26	48	41	34	30	41	6	65	1	weak	18	24.6	true	false	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/11/builder-sentiment-relatively-flat-in-november-as-market-headwinds-persist	d209c658b6a04922
2025-12-01	USA	United States	39	42	52	26	47	43	36	34	40	5	67	1	weak	13	20	true	false	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/12/builder-sentiment-inches-higher-but-ends-the-year-in-negative-territory	3932c0f9552cd21c
2026-01-01	USA	United States	37	41	49	23	45	43	35	35	40	6	65	-2	weak	10	24	true	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/01/builder-sentiment-loses-ground-at-start-of-2026	bf37a86c99ff5a9c
2026-02-01	USA	United States	37	41	46	22	43	43	35	33	36	6	65	0	weak	10	21.6	true	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/02/builder-sentiment-edges-lower-on-affordability-concerns	8ada0d8068d7d53f
2026-03-01	USA	United States	38	42	49	25	44	43	35	31	37	6	64	1	weak	13	22.2	false	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/03/builder-sentiment-inches-higher-but-affordability-concerns-persist	d4fab38b6f9e819a
2026-04-01	USA	United States	34	37	42	22	42	41	35	29	36	5	60	-4	deep-pessimism	13	18	false	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/04/builder-sentiment-posts-notable-decline-on-economic-uncertainty	6f9894e1e94b6fac
2026-05-01	USA	United States	37	40	45	25	42	43	35	28	32	6	61	3	weak	15	19.2	false	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/05/builder-sentiment-posts-gain-in-may-but-significant-affordability-challenges-persist	1ec44b4570324457
2026-06-01	USA	United States	36	38	45	25	44	43	33	27	35	6	62	-1	weak	17	21	false	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/06/builder-sentiment-remains-weak-amid-affordability-concerns	324a03d8eafe05ea
2026-07-01	USA	United States	34	37	43	23	45	45	33	26	37	6	63	-2	deep-pessimism	19	22.2	false	true	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2026/07/builder-sentiment-stays-weak-as-affordability-concerns-persist	ef00e095198d8301

Profiled Oct 1, 2026 from snapshot 20260930T222300Z-3d827c487fc6

Measured

Completeness: 99.6%
Rows: 12
Columns: 22
Columns with gaps: 1

Rows per yearmonth · 2025–2026 · 2 years

20252026

Column	Missing	Distinct	Range	Distribution
monthvarchar	0%	11	—	2025-10-011 2025-11-011 2025-12-011
country_codevarchar	0%	1	—	USA12
country_namevarchar	0%	1	—	United States12
hmibigint	0%	6	32 → 39median 37	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
hmi_current_salesbigint	0%	7	35 → 42median 39.5	1 outside 1st–99th percentile
hmi_future_sales_6mobigint	0%	9	37 → 54median 45.5	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
hmi_buyer_trafficbigint	0%	3	22 → 26median 24
hmi_3mo_ma_northeastbigint	0%	7	39 → 48median 44	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
hmi_3mo_ma_midwestbigint	0%	5	41 → 45median 43
hmi_3mo_ma_southbigint	0%	5	31 → 36median 34.5	1 outside 1st–99th percentile
hmi_3mo_ma_westbigint	0%	10	26 → 35median 28.5	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
pct_builders_cut_pricesbigint	0%	7	32 → 41median 37	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
avg_price_reduction_pctbigint	0%	2	5 → 6median 6
pct_builders_using_incentivesbigint	0%	7	60 → 67median 64.5	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
hmi_mom_deltadouble	8.3%	6	-4 → 3median 0	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
sentiment_bandvarchar	0%	2	—	weak9 deep-pessimism3
regional_spread_ptsbigint	0%	6	10 → 19median 15.5	1 outside 1st–99th percentile
price_cut_intensitydouble	0%	10	18 → 24.6median 21.9	2 outside 1st–99th percentile
incentive_pressure_flagboolean	0%	2	—	false6 true6
buyer_traffic_weak_flagboolean	0%	2	—	true10 false2
source_urlvarchar	0%	12	—	https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/10/amid-market-challenges-builder-expectations-rise-in-octob1 https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/11/builder-sentiment-relatively-flat-in-november-as-market-h1 https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2025/12/builder-sentiment-inches-higher-but-ends-the-year-in-nega1
row_hashvarchar	0%	12	—	0c1ec69dc5ebe6221 0d0512b0db4fb82e1 1ec44b45703244571

Point any LLM at the metadata endpoint — the documentation above is machine-readable too (JSON-LD + Croissant).

cURL

curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/nahb_hmi_sentiment_intel/nahb_hmi_builder_sentiment_monthly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'

Python

import requests

ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/nahb_hmi_sentiment_intel/nahb_hmi_builder_sentiment_monthly").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")

# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/nahb_hmi_sentiment_intel/nahb_hmi_builder_sentiment_monthly

Tip: fetch /llms.txt for the full machine-readable catalog.

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. (2026). US homebuilder sentiment intelligence (monthly) [Data set, snapshot 20260930T222300Z-3d827c487fc6, sha256 3d827c487fc6]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-01, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/nahb_hmi_sentiment_intel/nahb_hmi_builder_sentiment_monthly?snapshot=20260930T222300Z-3d827c487fc6

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@misc{dz_nahb_hmi_sentiment_intel_nahb_hmi_builde_3d827c48,
  title        = {{US homebuilder sentiment intelligence (monthly)}},
  author       = {{}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/nahb_hmi_sentiment_intel/nahb_hmi_builder_sentiment_monthly?snapshot=20260930T222300Z-3d827c487fc6}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20260930T222300Z-3d827c487fc6, sha256 3d827c487fc6bd16f1e8052068638b0f068979a861e547685326476a3ab1faa9; accessed 2026-10-01}
}

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