Prices fell 0.2% month over month in September.
Homebuilding
Housing permits, a guide to future construction, rose 25.8% to 21,607 units; January–August starts were up 11% from a year earlier.
Higher mortgage rates and economic uncertainty marked the quarter; the builder remains confident in housing fundamentals and its ability to manage the current cycle.
The 15-year fixed mortgage rate declined, reaching 6.68% from 6.71% a week earlier.
Closings fell 9% to 6,876 homes as higher mortgage rates stretched affordability; the company continues to balance the price and pace of sales and align production.
Residential investment edged down 0.3% from the previous month, with single-family investment down 1.3% from the previous month.
Contract signings declined in all four U.S. regions, with the steepest monthly drop in the West.
Single-family permits, a guide to future construction, fell 4% to 845,000.
Beazer shareholders received $33.50 a share in cash.
New-home prices fell 2.7% from a year earlier.
Pending home sales fell 12.7% from a year earlier, close to the lowest level in Redfin records, which begin in 2021.
Permits for new single-family houses were 7.8% higher and those for two-family houses 21.7% higher in the first eight months of 2026 compared with the same period last year.
The 15-year fixed mortgage rate declined, reaching 6.71% from 6.73% a week earlier.
Final-demand producer prices rise 1.3% month over month and 6.3% year over year.
Residential permits rise 15.3% from July; single-family permits edge down.
September brought a 4.8-month supply of homes, while prices recorded their 39th consecutive month of year-over-year gains.
Construction employment is up 1.3% from a year earlier, wood products down 1.8%
The 15-year fixed mortgage rate also increased, reaching 6.73% from 6.60% a week earlier.
Training and testing are underway on sellable roof truss production runs at the new 42,000-square-foot automation facility.
The ISM Manufacturing PMI fell to 54.5% from 54.6% in August.