Big-ticket remodeling activity is poised to grow by double-digit numbers throughout most of 2014, according to the latest forecast by Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, before starting to slow next winter. More
The improving housing market and record low interest rates could be creating a perfect storm that leads to gains in home improvement activity for the rest of the year and well into 2013, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. More
The improving housing market and record low interest rates could be creating a perfect storm that leads to gains in home improvement activity for the rest of the year and well into 2013, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. More
Both the LIRA and the RRI are predicting slight but steady growth in the remodeling and replacement sectors well into 2013. More
The Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University suggests that annual homeowner improvement spending may reach double-digit growth by the first quarter of 2013. More
The number of U.S. housing markets on the IMI list that show “measurable and sustained improvement” has risen. What does this mean for remodelers? More
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University says, in its “State of the Nationís Housing 2012” report, that “Starting in the first quarter of 2011, home construction and improvement spending have made a positive contribution to GDP in four out of five quarters,” and that the “Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) points to a resumption of spending growth in the second half of 2012.” Thatís some good news. More
Are people not spending because of a weak economy, or is the economy weak because they are not spending? More
After spending the past two years at record low levels, remodeling activity is expected to pick up later this year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released Thursday by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Owing to a number of factors such as an upturn in home sales, relatively low interest rates, and an unseasonably mild winter, LIRA projects annual spending will see a healthy uptick in 2012, ending the year up 5.9%. More
Outlook for housing industry momentum in second half of year. More
