For the past decade, a housing shortage in the United States has supported strong forecasts for single-family construction. Driven by household formation among millennials and…
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Study Shows Profitability for Remodelers Reaching Highest Level in Nearly 30 Years
According to the 2026 edition of the National Association of Homebuilders’ (NAHB) Remodelers’ Cost of Doing Business Study, profitability for residential remodelers peaked in 2024,…
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2026 Forecast for Remodeling
fter a modest rebound in 2025, experts predict the home remodeling and construction markets will shift to a slower but still record-setting growth phase in…
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Trend Tracker November/December 2025
Reading the Tea Leaves: It Could Pay to Watch This One Often-Overlooked Area of Housing by Michael Collins As year-end approaches and most Americans begin to…
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Home Prices Not Responding to Lower Interest Rates
Daniel McCue, senior research associate with the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies, published a piece explaining that, despite 30-year mortgage interest rates dropping…
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What the Outlook for Housing Means for Building Products
The U.S. housing market has faced its fair share of difficulties in 2025, including high costs, economic uncertainty and significant demographic shifts. That’s the gist…
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Both Builder Sentiment, Housing Starts Down
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently announced that the use of price incentives increased sharply in June, as the housing market continues to…
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Market Research: Money Well Spent
Right now, door and window fabricators live in a world where creating demand for their products is once again an issue. It was not long…
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How Is the Political Climate Affecting Replacement Windows?
The current political landscape has some impacts on the replacement industry. And as is the case with anything, some impacts are positive, while others are…
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Tackling 2025 with Confidence
It’s no secret that the door and window industry is dealing with a bit of uncertainty as we dive into the new year. We continue…