The State of the Nation’s Housing 2022 report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, released on Wednesday, June 22, found that soaring prices keep prospective homebuyers in rentals. While residential construction starts are at levels not seen in decades, affordability and supply-chain issues could see a cool down in the market […]

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University issued the State of the Nation’s Housing report for 2019 and the results are unlikely to surprise anyone in the fenestration industry. It’s taken the entire decade or so since the housing market burst but household growth is now hitting a more “normal” pace, closer to […]

The U.S. housing market has grown and stabilized in the past few years as it’s recovered from the Great Recession. However, a low supply of units for sale and rising unaffordability remain major problems according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 2018 State of the Nation’s Housing report, which was to be released […]

Spending on home renovations and repairs is expected to grow more than 7 percent into 2019 and will exceed $340 billion annually, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) recently released by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. “Strengthening employment conditions and rising home values […]

Spending on residential improvements and repairs is expected to accelerate through the third quarter of 2018, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released last week by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. According to the LIRA, annual gains in home renovation and repair spending […]

Home repair and improvement spending is expected to be strong through the rest of 2017 and into the first part of 2018,  according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released today by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. “The remodeling market continues to benefit from […]

The U.S. housing market has largely returned to normal ten years after the housing crash, but shortages of homes for sale and rent are pushing costs higher for potential owners and tenants, according to the latest State of the Nation’s Housing report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University. “While the […]

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 […]

To owners of multifamily buildings and other rental properties, the words “green retrofit” can take on a couple of different meanings. There’s the obvious environmental benefits – but also the green it takes to make the necessary upgrades. Green retrofits can be very expensive, so there 1) must be a clear ROI for making the […]

Homeowners are expected to accelerate spending on remodeling through 2025, according to Demographic Change and the Remodeling Outlook, the latest biennial report in the Improving America’s Housing series released last week by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Spending should increase 2 percent per year on average through 2025 after adjusting for inflation, which […]