While the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index rose to 73.5 in September from 65.7 in August, the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index slipped from 54.5 in August to 53.1 in September.

On housing in particular, consumers’ views of the marketplace held steady in the Michigan survey, but there was slippage in the Conference Board’s assessment of consumer plans to buy a house over the next six months.

Courtesy of NAHB