Daily Market Updates: Builder confidence plunges as rate shock, costs squeeze margins

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Builder confidence plunges as rate shock, costs squeeze margins

Reported · Written up by our desk · Residential

NAHB’s October Housing Market Index for builder confidence dropped three points to 29, a low since June 2012

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