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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Research Associate and Associate Project Director, Remodeling Futures
Below-Average Growth in Home Remodeling Expected by 2020
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Annual gains in improvement and repair spending on the owner-occupied housing stock are projected to continue decelerating through early next...
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INTERACTIVE: How Do Homeowners Spend Their Remodeling Dollars?
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
With the aging of the housing stock and declining household mobility, homeowners now spend nearly half of their improvement dollars...
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