Stephen Basaja
speaker
953 appearances
128 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard yesterday
Stephen Basaja’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 128 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 37.
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The index dropped one point.
The National Association of Homebuilders runs the survey and blames the decline in part on high construction costs.
Homebuyers also are not showing up to buy new homes, even as builders offer more incentives like price cuts.
36% of builders cut prices this month by 6% on average.
More homes are needed to help lower home prices further.
Redfin recently reported Americans need to earn about $110,000 a year to afford a typical home, down from last year, but still significantly more than most American families make.
Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
And I wondered if you could talk about the ways in which these books combat silence.
There were signs of a return to optimism among single-family home builders at the end of the year.
The housing market index saw three straight months of gains, but that's now ended.
The index fell two points to 37.
Anything below 50 means an overall negative outlook.
Builders are dealing with rising construction costs and high interest rates.
Most of the builders responded before the Trump administration announced new housing policies, like ordering Fannie and Freddie Mac to buy up $200 billion in mortgage-backed securities to lower mortgage rates.
The average 30-year mortgage is down.
It's just over 6%.
But that's still well above COVID-era rates that make many homeowners reluctant to sell.
Stephen Passaha, NPR News.
A district court judge has temporarily blocked many of the administration's actions to dismantle the CFPB, but also recently wrote the agency is, quote, hanging by a thread.
Rohit Chopra was fired from his role leading the CFPB early in Trump's current term.
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