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Builder confidence in the housing market declined in June, with the Housing Market Index dropping 2 points to 35, marking the 26th consecutive negative reading. Current sales fell to 38, expected sales remained at 45, and buyer traffic stayed at 25. Regionally, the Northeast rose to 50, the Midwest held at 45, the South dropped to 29, and the West stayed at 27. Affordability challenges and regulatory costs continue to hinder housing supply growth.<\/p>\n

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Builder confidence in the housing market declined in June, with the Housing Market Index dropping 2 points to 35, marking the 26th consecutive negative reading. Current sales fell to 38, expected sales remained at 45, and buyer traffic stayed at 25. Regionally, the Northeast rose to 50, the Midwest held at 45, the South dropped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2yr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9511,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/inventory-growth-lifts-affordability-across-phoenix-area-housing-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":9823,"position":0},"title":"Inventory growth lifts affordability across Phoenix\u2011area housing market","author":"admin","date":"May 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Greater Phoenix housing affordability index rose from 71 to 77, with inventory up 8.3%, allowing 77% of median-income households to afford median-priced homes. 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