Renovation spending among younger homeowners is on the rise amid a strong renovation market, the 2017 Houzz & Home research report reveals. Among the report’s key findings: Younger homeowners and first-time buyers are driven at least in part by a desire to customize their homes. The survey gathered information from close to 107,000 registered users […]

Things are looking up for home-improvement professionals. Remodelers made a net profit of 5.3 percent in 2015, up from 3 percent in 2011, according to a new study from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The Remodelers’ Cost of Doing Business Study: 2017 Edition finds that the average revenue for remodelers was $1.8 million […]

The Q1 2017 Houzz Renovation Barometer, released this week, reflected widespread quarter-over-quarter confidence for all industry sectors including architects, designers, general contractors/remodelers, design-build firms, building/renovation specialty firms and outdoor specialty firms, with readings of 66 or higher (66-76 out of 100). Architects have reversed a three-quarter downward trend in confidence with scores returning to Q1 […]

The Houzz  2017 State of the Industry report, released last week, shows that the majority of residential renovation and design businesses anticipate revenue and profit growth in 2017 following a strong year in 2016. “Based on some estimates, residential remodeling activity in 2016 surpassed the pre-recession peak, and by far outpaced the recovery of the new residential […]

Homeowners  who renovate increasingly are putting “smart” features into their homes, according to the 2016 U.S. Houzz Smart Home Trends Survey, conducted in collaboration with CEDIA. The survey of nearly 1,000 homeowners  found that nearly half (45 percent) of renovating homeowners are incorporating systems or devices that can be monitored or controlled via smartphone, tablet or […]

Houzz’s second-quarter Renovation Barometer for 2016, released this week, shows widespread confidence for all industry sectors including architects, designers, general contractors/remodelers, design-build, specialty building/renovation and specialty landscape/outdoor, with readings of 63 or higher. (The greater the index value relative to 50, the greater the proportion of firms reporting increases in quarterly business activity than those reporting decreases.) According […]

LaCantina Doors was named a “Best of Houzz” winner in 2016 for the fourth consecutive year. The company was awarded “Best Of Houzz” in both the design and customer satisfaction categories. LaCantina Doors was chosen by the Houzz community, which is made up of more than 35 million monthly unique users and more than one million […]

Weather Shield Windows & Doors has won a 2016 Best of Houzz award for design. “Houzz is growing in popularity and influence in the home design and remodeling space, and is an important marketing vehicle for Weather Shield,” said Chris Schield, vice president of marketing for the company. “We plan to continue to increase our […]

Panda Windows & Doors  has won a “Best Of Customer Service” award from Houzz, the online platform for home remodeling and design. The Las Vegas-based manufacturer of glass wall systems solutions was chosen from more than one million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals on the site. The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in […]

Houzz, a website and online community focused on architecture, interior design and home improvement, recently released its Houzz Renovation Barometer for the first quarter of 2015. The barometer, which tracks confidence in the home renovation market among industry professionals, posted strong quarter-over-quarter gains in market confidence for architects, general contractors and design-build firms (11-15 percent) […]