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NAHB New Chair to Tackle Regulation and Promote Trades

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NAHB New Chair to Tackle Regulation and Promote Trades. Chuck Fowke named NAHB's new chair; a look at new single-family home inventory. NAHB Housing Policy Briefing. NAHB will work with Congress, the White House, and federal agencies to reduce regulatory barriers and increase housing production.

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Construction Job Openings Fell in February

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in December 2022, suggesting that the construction labor market may have peaked in 2022 and is now entering a cooling stage as the overall housing market weakens, NAHB Eye on Housing reports. The post-virus peak rate of hiring occurred in May 2020 (10.4%) as a post-covid rebound took hold in home building and remodeling.

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Why Builders Wait to See Lower Lumber Prices

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NAHB Policy Brief | Lumber prices have moderated, but lower costs haven't worked their way to builders; New home prices too expensive for lower-income households. The problem for home builders and remodelers is that although lumber futures have begun to moderate, lumber packages quoted to builders have held at or near record highs.

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Along With an Affordability Crisis, Buyers Face an Aging Housing Stock

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Along With an Affordability Crisis, Buyers Face an Aging Housing Stock ldeakins Mon, 02/06/2023 - 10:35 Prospective buyers searching for new homes are instead finding a growing inventory of for-sale properties that are 40 years or older The U.S. The median age of owner-occupied homes in the U.S. New construction added nearly 8.3

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Construction Job Openings Dropped From Peak Highs in May

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in May, NAHB Eye on Housing reports. Still, the construction industry is actively recruiting skilled laborers to add inventory to a largely undersupplied market. The housing market remains underbuilt and requires additional labor, lots and lumber and building materials to add inventory. rate in May. Labor + Trade Relations.

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Economic Outlook 2021

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Strong buyer demand despite higher home prices, shrinking inventory, a spike in lumber prices, and continuing supply chain issues are just some of the factors in play for the home building industry in 2021. Residential fixed investment in home building and remodeling expanded at a 10.8% Economic Outlook 2021. Fri, 06/18/2021 - 07:00.

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Leading the Home Building Industry: Pro Builder's 2021 Forty Under 40

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million and gained entitlements for 208 single-family lots for Villamar at Toscana Isles • Won six 2020 Aurora Awards • Finalist in the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Young Professional Awards • Is spearheading the predevelopment of a 2,500-acre land parcel, Wilson Grove, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Elise Goodell, 39.