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Remodeling Expenditures See Strong Growth in 2021

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Remodeling Expenditures See Strong Growth in 2021. Fri, 10/22/2021 - 09:56. A surge in home remodeling activity is causing an increase in maintenance and home improvement expenditures benefitting the residential construction industry. . Remodeling projects are picking up speed across the U.S.

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Residential Construction Loan Volume Increases

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Residential Construction Loan Volume Increases. Wed, 06/09/2021 - 11:33. The volume of residential construction lending declined starting at the beginning of 2019, but it’s continued an upward trajectory through the first quarter of 2021. cbroderick. billion, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

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NAHB Chairman's Letter: NAHB Launches Diversity Compact to Expand Opportunities

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Tue, 07/06/2021 - 07:00. Chuck Fowke / NAHB 2021 Chairman. Taking Concrete Steps Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Presently, the makeup of the residential construction workforce is predominantly white males. Encouraging Young People to Pursue Careers in Residential Construction.

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Construction Excluded From New OSHA Standard

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Tue, 07/06/2021 - 12:00. NAHB argued that residential construction should not be included under the standard because the nature of new-home building and remodeling makes them a much lower risk for virus transmission. OSHA issued the ETS in June 2021 and announced that the new standard applies only to workers in health care settings.

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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Fri, 10/01/2021 - 06:00. Multifamily construction posted double-digit percentage gains in small metro core and suburban areas during the second quarter of 2021, while multifamily building activity in large metro areas decreased. The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% in Q1 2021 to 38.7%

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Young Professionals Have Returned to Cities, Impacting Rents

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Wed, 08/04/2021 - 10:00. The FTSE Nareit Equity Apartments index, which tracks publicly traded apartment companies, increased 42% since January 2021. It’s kind of a good time to be an urban apartment owner again,” said Mark Parrell, chief executive of Equity Residential, a real-estate investment trust. cbroderick.

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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Fri, 10/01/2021 - 06:00. Multifamily construction posted double-digit percentage gains in small metro core and suburban areas during the second quarter of 2021, while multifamily building activity in large metro areas decreased. The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% in Q1 2021 to 38.7%

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