Pro Builder

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Fed Economist Forecasts Uptick in Single-Family Construction. The housing market may be headed straight for a post-pandemic downturn, but according to Jordan Rappaport, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, an uptick in single-family home building could soon follow. NAHB reports. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 10:24.

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Forecasting Kansas City NAHB Permits 98

Pro Builder

DECEMBER 12, 2021

within our annual housing forecast survey (see the results on page 17), I got what I deserved from more than 300 of you. There also were calls for the feds to place controls on materials costs, as well as the charmingly hopeful response of “Mutually beneficial regulation” and the simplistic “Get rid of the NIMBYs.”.

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Housing NAHB Regulation Forecasting 98

Pro Builder

JULY 29, 2021

The central bank continues to monitor inflation data, including ongoing, elevated levels of commodities and building materials such as and lumber and OSB. The NAHB forecast has projected higher interest rates as the economy expands. Recall that the CPI measure of inflation reached a 13-year high in June.

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