This week the Census Bureau releases its data on construction spending and on the employment situation across the U.S. While the construction spending report, which looks at the ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Focus on Housing Starts
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will jointly release data for the Housing starts in February on Friday, March 16 at ...
Read More »Is an Increase in Residential Construction on the Way?
The U.S. labor market added 200,000 jobs and unemployment remained flat at 4.1 percent in January 2018 according to data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on ...
Read More »Nashville Joins Top Migration Destinations as Construction Booms
Music City is just one of several active metros seeing an increase in migration as residential construction surges.
Read More »Construction Spending Down—But Not in Residential
Overall construction spending is on a downturn, dropping by about $8 billion in July alone, but there's a silver lining for the housing industry: residential construction is actually up.
Read More »Unexpected Downturn
Homebuilding has fallen off and no one expected it to happen. Find out what's behind some shaky home construction numbers.
Read More »The Week Ahead: A Dilemma Among Home Builders
The industry is anticipating a complete turnaround from the previous numbers and for home builders to come out of the new year slump.
Read More »Housing Starts Take a Tumble in December
Residential construction was tricky in December 2015 as both housing starts and building permits posted disappointing numbers, but builder confidence remains elevated and year-end totals hit 2007 levels.
Read More »Construction Spending Slips for First Time in Over a Year
U.S. construction spending has been on the positive side for a year and a half—that is until now.
Read More »Single-Family Building Permits Climb Higher in June; Starts & Completions Lower
The U.S. Census Bureau and HUD jointly announced today in a press release new residential construction statistics for June 2015 finding single-family building permits rose slightly, while housing starts and housing completions both declined.
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