While the impacts of COVID-19 have worked to “cool off” the new homes market, analysts at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) predict total housing starts for the single-family market are expected to continue growing, albeit at more modest patterns. The association predicts an increase from around 1,099,000 units in 2021 to 1,110,000 in […]

Last week, Dodge Data and Analytics and CPWR hosted a webinar as part of an ongoing series to show how the COVID-19 pandemic is leading contractors to focus on safety management practices while maintaining commitment to training. The discussion, hosted by Donna Laquidara-Carr, insights research director for Dodge Data & Analytics, reviewed the findings of […]

While 2020 will forever represent a blight on world history, so far as the U.S. economy is concerned it managed to include one bright spot: housing. In January 2020, ahead of the coronavirus, leading experts told [DWM] that even if an economic downturn were to occur, residential construction was expected to continue, despite the circumstances. […]

With experts predicting a flight from high-density areas to the suburbs amid COVID-19 and recent statistics showing a 9.1% increase of interest in those areas among homebuyers, a new report from Dodge Data and Analytics shows that the multifamily sector may already be suffering consequences. In July, readings for single-family sales rebounded after interest rates […]

The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) in conjunction with Dodge Data & Analytics just released their 2020 Green Single Family and Multifamily Homes SmartMarket Brief – and the data had some surprises. We are still seeing steady and incremental growth in green building practices overall. Since 2014, dedicated green builders (those who do 90% of […]

The Dodge Momentum Index moved 4% higher in June to 146.1 (the year 2000 registered at 100) from the revised May reading of 140.5. The momentum index, issued by Dodge Data and Analytics, is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead […]