As of the first quarter of 2025, the sentiment of most homebuilders in the U.S. was negative. That index has remained stable since 2023. That was according to a monthly index that measures the sentiment among home builders in the United States. The index reflected a negative mood in the housing industry, as the sentiment was below 50 percent in the past years.

Nahb Housing Market Index in the United States decreased to 39 points in March from 42 points in February of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Nahb Housing Market Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The sentiment of construction firms in the U.S. single-family housing market has been negative since September 2023, after improving significantly by July 2023. That was according to a monthly index that measures the sentiment among home builders in the United States. The index reflected a negative mood in the housing industry, as the sentiment was below 50 percent except in March and April 2024. As of November 2024, the index stood at 46, still higher than the negative value in late 2023, despite the recent decline.

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Taiwan TIER: Construction Industry Sentiment Index data was reported at 101.820 2006=100 in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 108.450 2006=100 for Dec 2024. Taiwan TIER: Construction Industry Sentiment Index data is updated monthly, averaging 95.765 2006=100 from Apr 2010 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 148 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 115.580 2006=100 in Apr 2010 and a record low of 76.450 2006=100 in Oct 2011. Taiwan TIER: Construction Industry Sentiment Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Taiwan Institute of Economic Research. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Taiwan – Table TW.S002: Business Climate Index: Taiwan Institute of Economic Research. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Home prices in the U.S. reach new heights The American housing market continues to show remarkable resilience, with the S&P/Case Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index reaching an all-time high of 325.78 in July 2024. This figure represents a significant increase from the index value of 166.24 recorded in January 2015, highlighting the substantial growth in home prices over the past decade. The S&P Case Shiller National Home Price Index is based on the prices of single-family homes and is the leading indicator of the American housing market and one of the indicators of the state of the broader economy. The S&P Case Shiller National Home Price Index series also includes S&P/Case Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index and S&P/Case Shiller 10-City Composite Home Price Index – measuring the home price changes in the major U.S. metropolitan areas, as well as twenty composite indices for the leading U.S. cities. Market fluctuations and recovery Despite the overall upward trend, the housing market has experienced some fluctuations in recent years. During the housing boom in 2021, the number of existing home sales reached the highest level since 2006. However, transaction volumes quickly plummeted, as the soaring interest rates and out-of-reach prices led to housing sentiment deteriorating. Factors influencing home prices Several factors have contributed to the rise in home prices, including a chronic supply shortage, the gradual decline in interest rates, and the spike in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the subprime mortgage crisis (2007-2010), the construction of new homes declined dramatically. Although it has gradually increased since then, the number of new building permits, home starts, and completions are still shy from the levels before the crisis. With demand outweighing supply, competition for homes can be fierce, leading to bidding wars and soaring prices. The supply of existing homes is further constrained, as homeowners are less likely to sell and move homes due to the worsened lending conditions.

France BS: Construction (CO): sa: Business Sentiment Indicator data was reported at 105.300 Balances in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 103.880 Balances for Aug 2018. France BS: Construction (CO): sa: Business Sentiment Indicator data is updated monthly, averaging 95.860 Balances from May 2009 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 113 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106.030 Balances in May 2018 and a record low of 82.710 Balances in May 2009. France BS: Construction (CO): sa: Business Sentiment Indicator data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of France. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.S013: Business Survey: Bank of France .

Graph and download economic data for Business Tendency Surveys: Composite Business Confidence: Economic Activity: Construction for Germany (BCCICP02DEM460S) from Jan 1985 to Feb 2025 about business sentiment, composite, Germany, construction, and business.

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BS: Construction: sa: Business Sentiment Indicators data was reported at 98.200 % Point in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 98.800 % Point for Jan 2025. BS: Construction: sa: Business Sentiment Indicators data is updated monthly, averaging 101.200 % Point from Apr 1975 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 452 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 122.400 % Point in Oct 2000 and a record low of 75.500 % Point in Jan 1993. BS: Construction: sa: Business Sentiment Indicators data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.S005: Business Survey: INSEE: Construction: Seasonally Adjusted. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

The average sales price of new homes in the United States experienced a slight decrease in 2024, dropping to 512,2000 U.S. dollars from the peak of 521,500 U.S. dollars in 2022. This decline came after years of substantial price increases, with the average price surpassing 400,000 U.S. dollars for the first time in 2021. The recent cooling in the housing market reflects broader economic trends and changing consumer sentiment towards homeownership. Factors influencing home prices and affordability The rapid rise in home prices over the past few years has been driven by several factors, including historically low mortgage rates and increased demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the market has since slowed down, with the number of home sales declining by over two million between 2021 and 2023. This decline can be attributed to rising mortgage rates and decreased affordability. The Housing Affordability Index hit a record low of 98.1 in 2023, indicating that the median-income family could no longer afford a median-priced home. Future outlook for the housing market Despite the recent cooling, experts forecast a potential recovery in the coming years. The Freddie Mac House Price Index showed a growth of 6.5 percent in 2023, which is still above the long-term average of 4.4 percent since 1990. However, homebuyer sentiment remains low across all age groups, with people aged 45 to 64 expressing the most pessimistic outlook. The median sales price of existing homes is expected to increase slightly until 2025, suggesting that affordability challenges may persist in the near future.

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The Cross-Lingual Sentiment (CLS) dataset comprises about 800.000 Amazon product reviews in the four languages English, German, French, and Japanese.

For more information on the construction of the dataset see (Prettenhofer and Stein, 2010) or the enclosed readme files. If you have a question after reading the paper and the readme files, please contact Peter Prettenhofer.

We provide the dataset in two formats: 1) a processed format which corresponds to the preprocessing (tokenization, etc.) in (Prettenhofer and Stein, 2010); 2) an unprocessed format which contains the full text of the reviews (e.g., for machine translation or feature engineering).

The dataset was first used by (Prettenhofer and Stein, 2010). It consists of Amazon product reviews for three product categories---books, dvds and music---written in four different languages: English, German, French, and Japanese. The German, French, and Japanese reviews were crawled from Amazon in November, 2009. The English reviews were sampled from the Multi-Domain Sentiment Dataset (Blitzer et. al., 2007). For each language-category pair there exist three sets of training documents, test documents, and unlabeled documents. The training and test sets comprise 2.000 documents each, whereas the number of unlabeled documents varies from 9.000 - 170.000.

The prospects of investment and development in the house building for sale real estate market in Europe since 2018 generally decreased, despite an uptick in 2025. In a 2024 survey among real estate industry experts, investment in house building received a prospect score for the next year amouting to 3.71 on a scale from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). The sectors with the highest prospect scores in 2025 were new energy infrastructures, healthcare, and data centers.

The average price per square foot of floor space in new single-family housing in the United States decreased after the great financial crisis, followed by several years of stagnation. Since 2012, the price has continuously risen, hitting 168 U.S. dollars per square foot in 2022. In 2024, the average sales price of a new home exceeded 500,000 U.S. dollars. Development of house sales in the U.S. One of the reasons for rising property prices is the gradual growth of house sales between 2011 and 2020. This period was marked by the gradual recovery following the subprime mortgage crisis and a growing housing sentiment. Another significant factor for the housing demand was the growing number of new household formations each year. Despite this trend, housing transactions plummeted in 2021, amid soaring prices and borrowing costs. In 2021, the average construction cost for single-family housing rose by nearly 12 percent year-on-year, and in 2022, the increase was even higher, at close to 17 percent. Financing a house purchase Mortgage interest rates in the U.S. rose dramatically in 2022 and remained elevated until 2024. In 2020, a homebuyer could lock in a 30-year fixed interest rate of under three percent, whereas in 2024, the average rate for the same mortgage type was more than twice higher. That has led to a decline in homebuyer sentiment, and an increasing share of the population pessimistic about buying a home in the current market.

Germany SE: Construction: Balance data was reported at 12.000 % in Jan 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22.500 % for Dec 2024. Germany SE: Construction: Balance data is updated monthly, averaging 0.400 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 398 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.100 % in Mar 2016 and a record low of -82.800 % in Nov 2022. Germany SE: Construction: Balance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.S001: Indicator of Economic Sentiment: ZEW.

This dataset is about news and is filtered where the news includes Construction, featuring 9 columns including classification, entities, news, news link, and polarity sentiment score. The preview is ordered by publication date (descending).

Building contractors and developers depend on various socio-economic factors, including property values, underlying sentiment in the housing market, the degree of optimism among downstream businesses and credit conditions. All of these drivers typically track in line with economic sentiment, with recent economic shocks spurring a difficult period for building contractors and developers. Nonetheless, the enduring need for building services, particularly to tackle housing shortages across the continent, ensures a strong foundation of work. Revenue is forecast to decline at a compound annual rate of 2.9% to €1.1 trillion over the five years through 2024. Building construction output recorded strong and consistent growth across Europe in the years leading up to the pandemic, buoyed by rising house prices and a return to economic stability as the effects of the financial crisis faded. Operational and supply chain disruption caused by the pandemic reversed the fortunes of building contractors and developers in 2020, as on-site activity tumbled and downstream clients either cancelled, froze or scaled back investment plans. Aided by the release of pent-up demand and supportive government policy, building construction output rebounded in 2021. Excess demand for key raw materials led to extended lead times during this period, while input costs recorded a further surge as a result of the effects of rapidly climbing energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Soaring costs and the impact of the economic slowdown on both the housing market and investor sentiment have led to a renewed slowdown in building construction activity across the continent. Revenue is forecast to decline by 1.5% in 2024. Revenue is forecast to increase at a compound annual rate of 4.9% to €1.5 trillion over the five years through 2029. Activity is set to remain sluggish in the medium term, as weak economic growth continues to constrain investor sentiment and high borrowing costs hold back the housing market. Contractors and developers will increasingly rely on public sector support, including measures to boost the supply of new housing as countries seek to tackle severe housing shortages.

Germany SE: Construction: Worsen data was reported at 23.300 % in Jan 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 17.300 % for Dec 2024. Germany SE: Construction: Worsen data is updated monthly, averaging 21.100 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to Jan 2025, with 398 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 85.100 % in Dec 2022 and a record low of 1.600 % in Apr 2016. Germany SE: Construction: Worsen data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.S001: Indicator of Economic Sentiment: ZEW.

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