Builder confidence gains momentum in September
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to a level of 40 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing...
View ArticleHousing builds momentum
Two numbers released this morning show the housing market heading in a better direction. New housing construction rose 2.3% to a 750,000 annual pace from a revised 733,000 annual rate in July, the...
View ArticleKBIS calls for speakers
The National Kitchen & Bath Association wants to hear from experts as potential presenters in the first-ever Voices from the Industry Conference Session Series, set to launch at KBIS 2013 in New...
View ArticleUSGBC gets Google grant to promote health
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has received a $3 million grant from Google that it hopes will will catalyze the transformation of the building materials industry and accelerate the creation of...
View ArticleA New Year’s resolution for housing
Viewed daily, the stock market looks like a roller coaster. Viewed from a longer period, the market charts a smoother path that indicates a trend. The housing market appears to follow the same course....
View ArticleHousing outlook brightens but faces headwinds
The housing upturn that took root last year is expected to pick up momentum in 2013 but headwinds along a number of fronts could impede the pace of the recovery, according to economists speaking at the...
View ArticleIBS, KBIS to co-locate in 2014
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) will co-locate the International Buildilers’ Show (IBS) and the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show...
View ArticleNeoCon 2013 features The Outdoor Office
NeoCon returns June 10-12 to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart for its 45th year with show components developed to educate, inspire and engage the design world. The show will feature more than 40,000 expected...
View ArticleHousing’s New Job: Rebuilding the Economy
Here’s something we haven’t heard in the last five years: while government and retail shed jobs, builders continue to add them. A closer look at the numbers shows a split recovery. While the overall...
View ArticleBuilder confidence rises but traffic remains low
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved three points to a 44 reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for May,...
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