REBIC – HBAGC 2026 Market Forecast Presentation

At the recent Home Builders Association of Greater Charlotte (HBAGC) 2026 Member Luncheon, speaker Danushka Nanayakkara-Skullington, AVP of Forecasting & Analysis from NAHB, provided a full spectrum forecast covering micro to macro issues. With detailed slides and narrative insight, she showcased areas all will be interested in reviewing. Such as where the country is still recovering from COVID’s economic impact, (We’re recovered, by the way.), and even dabbled into metrics around the kids at home, or the failure-to-launch groups. (Which we can speculate is fueled by lack of affordable housing.)

An event highly attended and anticipated, this data is timely, relevant, and touches on every discipline needed to approach your next development endeavor. Download the pdf of the presentation here.

Rob’s Take: I attended the meeting last week and was impressed with Danushka’s presentation. One stat that really hit home with me was that the effective rate of inflation over that last five years was 27.5%. Let that sink in.  Simply put, that is unsustainable. There are several factors that affect this, but perhaps most importantly it comes down to making sure we have effective leadership at all levels of government. So, where do we find the solutions? Look in the mirror. Early voting begins February 12th and Primary Election Day is March 3rd.