Housing Most Homebuilders are Small Businesses New NAHB research shows that despite declining self-employment rates and the rising top builder market…Karen ZitoJuly 12, 2021
Housing What Areas Grew the Most? Single-Family Home Building in 2020 According to NAHB analysis of the Survey of Construction (SOC), new single-family starts expanded at…Karen ZitoJuly 9, 2021
Housing Why Builders Still Use Lumber Despite the Price Hikes Although lumber prices have declined somewhat recently, this follows a period of record increases that…Karen ZitoJuly 8, 2021
Housing Crosswinds for Construction Job Openings The count of open construction jobs declined in May to 299,000 unfilled positions, according to…Karen ZitoJuly 7, 2021
Housing Why Builder Lumber Prices Remain Higher than Headlines Suggest Lumber futures prices have decreased by 52 percent (on a front-month basis) over the past…Karen ZitoJuly 6, 2021
Housing Did the Share of Concrete-Framed Homes Rise in 2020? Higher prices and limited availability of softwood lumber has been a key issue for housing…Karen ZitoJuly 6, 2021
Housing Shortages Cause Builders to Raise Prices, Pre-Order Materials Recent posts have discussed how builders are facing widespread shortages of many building materials, and…Karen ZitoJuly 5, 2021
Housing Job Gain Accelerates in June In June, total payroll employment rose by 850,000 and the unemployment rate was little changed…Karen ZitoJuly 2, 2021
Housing Private Residential Spending Edges Up in May NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending rose…Karen ZitoJuly 1, 2021
Housing Home Buyers Want Energy Efficient Windows Previous posts reported on home buyer preferences for kitchen and bath features, from NAHB’s recent…Karen ZitoJune 30, 2021