Truth Check/9 October 2026

“NAHB's Remodeling Market Index read 62 in Q3 2026, up one point, within a 59-70 band held for four years; NAHB attributes longer project times to labour shortages worsened by immigration enforcement and data-centre construction”

The claim as it travelled: NAHB Eye On Housing, 8 Oct 2026.

NAHB's own post states the 62, the band and the labour line in those words; the labour attribution is what remodellers report to NAHB's survey, not a measured count.

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US remodellers' index holds at 62 in the third quarter, NAHB says - and the builders' trade body names data-centre construction, with immigration enforcement, as what is stretching their labour

The Remodeling Market Index has sat between 59 and 70 for four years; current conditions 70, future indicators 54. NAHB's own line on why jobs take longer is the detail to read.

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