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.

Improving America's Housing 2019

March 12, 2019

Healthy Home Remodeling: Consumer Trends and Contractor Preparedness

January 31, 2019

Elizabeth La Jeunesse

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.

Pandemic Expected to Shrink 2020 Remodeling Spending in Majority of Top Metros

April 3, 2020

Expenditures for home improvements to the owner-occupied housing stock are anticipated to decline in most of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas this year in response to the severe economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...