News Home prices keep rising amid a seller’s housing market. So why has new homebuilding hit a crawl? September 20, 2022September 21, 2022Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAYComments Off on Home prices keep rising amid a seller’s housing market. So why has new homebuilding hit a crawl? Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes falling fast. Single-family permits are now down 25% from their peak in February.