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Californians Are Fleeing the Golden State—What’s Keeping its Housing Market Strong?

Pro Builder

John Burns Real Estate Consulting forecasted California to be one of the states to see residents and businesses leave for lower density, lower taxed, and more affordable states, such as Arizona, Utah, and Texas. Yet builders are selling homes faster in Southern California than any other time since the mid-2000s housing boom, says John Burns.

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How the Construction Industry Is Rethinking Workforce Development

Pro Builder

Meanwhile, Pro Builder ’s 2023 Housing Forecast Survey found builders are relying on a wide range of sources to help refill the labor pool, putting themselves at the top of the list and followed closely by state or local HBAs, independent recruiting services or programs, trade partners, and local labor unions, in that order.