Remodeling
Americans spend more than $400 billion a year on residential renovations and repairs. For over two decades, our Remodeling Futures Program has studied trends in the remodeling industry, including changes in the types and costs of projects that homeowners undertake, such as the growing interest in energy-efficient products, healthy homes, and “smart home” technologies. The program issues a biennial Improving America’s Housing report, a quarterly Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA), and other publications.
Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity
The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity provides a short-term outlook of national home improvement and repair spending to owner-occupied homes.
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Improving America's Housing 2019
March 12, 2019
Healthy Home Remodeling: Consumer Trends and Contractor Preparedness
January 31, 2019
Remodeling Futures Steering Committee
The Remodeling Futures Program of the Joint Center is a comprehensive study of the factors influencing the growth and changing characteristics of housing renovation and repair activity in the United States.
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Pandemic Expected to Shrink 2020 Remodeling Spending in Majority of Top Metros
April 30, 2020
Expenditures for home improvements are expected to decline in most metros this year.
Read MoreRemodeling Spending Growth to Slow in Most Major Metros in 2019
June 19, 2019
Annual gains in homeowner spending on improvements are expected to moderate across more than half of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas in 2019.
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Senior Research Fellow
How This Recession is Expected to Affect Home Improvement Spending
Friday, May 15, 2020
After almost a decade of sustained growth in spending for home improvement projects, remodeling activity is likely to decline during...
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Research Associate and Associate Project Director, Remodeling Futures
Pandemic Expected to Shrink 2020 Remodeling Spending in Majority of Top Metros
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Expenditures for home improvements to the owner-occupied housing stock are anticipated to decline in most of the nation’s largest metropolitan...
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