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According to the Census Bureau, new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 622,000 in April. This represents a 6.2% decline from March's rate of 663,000 and an 11.3% drop from the previous year.
U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Monday.
Homebuilder sentiment rose 3 points in May from April. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage is now 6.65%, according to Mortgage News Daily.
Surging oil prices and hotter inflation reports reignited rate-hike concerns, sending Treasury yields to one-year highs as the Iran conflict remained stalemated despite the highly anticipated Trump-Xi summit.
Alex Barron believes the bottom of the housing market is here. He says the "fear factor" from the Iran war has faded at this point as the summer home selling season ramps up.
Launched on 01/31/2006, the State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) is a smart beta exchange traded fund offering broad exposure to the Industrials ETFs category of the market.
According to the Census Bureau, new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 682,000 in March. This represents a 7.4% increase from February's rate of 635,000 and a 3.3% rise from the previous year.
U.S. equity markets advanced for a fifth straight week - their longest winning streak since 2024 - as strong earnings, resilient data, and hopes for lasting Iran peace fueled optimism. Investors looked through another oil-price surge and inflationary pressure, focusing instead on corporate resilience and economic strength despite a complex macro backdrop shaped by geopolitical and policy uncertainty. The Fed held rates steady in an unusually fractured 8-4 vote, while Powell's plan to remain on the Board broke precedent and raised politically charged succession questions.
Homebuilders had a rough first quarter. When will sales recover?
Home builders ramped up construction in March as the weather warmed and housing starts hit a 15-month high, but an industry slump appears no closer to ending.
The State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) was launched on January 31, 2006, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Industrials - Engineering and Construction segment of the equity market.
Homebuilders have been going through a rough patch as of late. Across top homebuilding stocks, analysts expected revenues and earnings to fall considerably in Q1 2026, and this is exactly what happened.
Rising prices for fuel and materials such as aluminum push up costs just as they were stabilizing. ‘This war just trashed that.
Spring selling season brings hope for homebuilding ETFs like ITB, but higher mortgage rates and weak demand keep the outlook mixed in 2026.
SG Americas Securities LLC lowered its holdings in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA:XHB) by 43.0% in the undefined quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 16,224 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock after selling 12,226 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities
New home sales unexpectedly sank to their lowest level since 2022 in January. According to the Census Bureau, new home sales were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 587,000 in January.
CNBC's Diana Olick reports on the latest housing data.
Sales of newly built homes in January were 11.3% lower than January 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The median price of a home sold in January was $400,500, a decline of 6.8% year-over-year.
State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF remains a Sell due to technical weakness and high downside risk. XHB's holdings offer sector diversity, but macro headwinds—rising rates, inflation, and market overvaluation—diminish near-term appeal. The probability of further downside is implied based on the fund's technicals and drawdown history, underscoring risk.
CNBC's Diana Olick breaks down the latest housing data.
