In December, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index hit a three-year low. However, builder confidence rebounded as the index went up to 58 in January compared to the 56 reading in December.
“The buyers and the sellers are in this dance right now where it’s a little harder to put deals together because nobody’s certain where the market is going to land,” said Glenn Kelman, CEO of Redfin in an interview on CNBC’s Power Lunch. “It’s a little bit better than it was in the fourth quarter, we’re seeing stronger buyer demand, but it’s not as if people are willing to pay any price to get a home, which is what we saw at the beginning of 2018 and for the past four years before that.”
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