Below-Average Growth in Home Remodeling Expected by 2020
Annual gains in improvement and repair spending on the owner-occupied housing stock are projected to continue decelerating through early next year,
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As Homebuilding Lags in the US, Remodeling Industry Picks Up the Slack
The home remodeling market in the US expanded by more than 50 percent since the end of the Great Recession, according to Improving America’s Housing 2019, a new report from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Beazer Homes CEO Allan Merrill to Chair Policy Advisory Board of Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Allan Merrill, President and CEO of Atlanta-based Beazer Homes, is the new chair of The Policy Advisory Board (PAB) of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Merrill’s tenure began earlier this month when the PAB held its winter meeting in Washington, DC.
Equitable Design & Urban Futures: Kimberly Dowdell to Give 19th Annual Dunlop Lecture at Harvard
How can real estate development and sustainable design be used to foster equitable and inclusive redevelopment in cities? That’s the challenge that has animated the career of Kimberly Dowdell, an architect, developer, and educator who will come to the Harvard Graduate School of Design on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 to deliver the 19th Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture.
Expected Gains in Remodeling Spending to Slide Lower in 2019
Annual growth in the national market for home improvement and repair is expected to slow considerably by the end of the year.
Over Half of US Households Now Headed by Someone 50+, but the Nation is Ill-Prepared to House its Aging Population
Slower Growth Anticipated in Home Remodeling
After several years of solid acceleration, annual growth in national home improvement and repair spending is expected to soften in 2019.
New Research Projects Remodeling Spending to Increase Across 50 Major U.S. Metros in 2018
Homeowners are expected to increase spending on improvements across all 50 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas in 2018, according to new Metro Area Home Improvement Projections.
Symposium at Harvard this Fall Will Seek New Policies and Tools to Benefit Global Slums
There are very few signs that slums will transition out of the urban landscape in the foreseeable future. Even after more than one and a half centuries of policy interventions, starting from efforts to address the effects of industrialization in Europe, slums persist in almost every geography on the planet.
Robust Outlook for Residential Remodeling Through Mid-Year 2019
Homeowners are expected to increase spending on improvements and repairs at a solid clip over the coming year, according to the latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA).
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