The industry’s nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 5.9 percent.

The industry’s current employment level is the highest since October 2008, the association said.

The U.S. Green Building Council said it was “deeply disappointed” that the Trump administration has announced plans to exit the Paris climate agreement.

Numbers about 50 indicate a majority view conditions as favorable — a trend that NAHB chief economist Robert Dietz said he expects to continue.

The numbers are the results of a survey of National Association of Home Builders members on the state of current single-family home sales.

The roundtable took place at the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International’s Rockford, Illinois, headquarters.

During the past year, average sales for members of the Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International increased 7 percent, officials added.