I am not short currently, but have had a short bias. I no longer do. But will monitor them for possible shorts.
NVR and MTH aggressively bullish. The charts of these two demand you consider them long (I would consider these long on a pullback) The others in the sector are consolidating or maybe putting in a longer term top. RYL has stopped propelling up, but who knows what it will do. CTX PHM BZH are well off their highs. Last month's new homes sales declined by 8%, but this does not indicate a trend.
Mortgage rates and the Fed are the most influential factors now in these stocks. In March I felt they were in a topping fomration because of the volume spikes and days of distribution. This coincided with a consensus that the Fed would begin raising rates and in fact, mortgage rates spiked almost 1/2 point in late March- just when I had a mortgage application pending. Mortgage rates have since receded and the Fed now appears to be on hold.
When there is a clear indication of changes in monetary policy toward tightening and rises in mortgage rates, and money starts to leave the sector, these stocks could have a big drop.
But there may be a different fundamental/technical scenario.