Economy: Page 129
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Demand is easing a bit, but apartment construction growth races on
At a conference on multifamily building, market-watchers said investment is still focused on apartment development.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
Pentagon sharpens spending ax to be ready if Congress cannot agree on budget plan
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has a public plan ready, and construction spending will take a hit.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013 -
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History lesson: Recoveries can be worse than recessions for contractors
The failure rate for construction businesses is three times worse during recoveries than during downturns over the last 40 years.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2013 -
December material prices make 2012 a surprisingly stable year overall
Prices for many used in construction held about even with the year before, though some, such as lumber and paint, were having none of that.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 15, 2013 -
Pulling back from the 'fiscal cliff' was good for the housing industry
When Congress pulled out of the nation's dive off the New Year's fiscal cliff, it benefited home building.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 14, 2013 -
Sears bringing development to downtown St. Paul, Minn.
The retail giant plans to replace 700 parking spaces with retail and office and parking garage near the Minnestota State Capitol.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 13, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: N.Y. crane crash, jobs and Gen. Y
End the week informed. Here are the most popular Construction Dive news posts of the week in a nutshell.
By Brian Warmoth • Jan. 10, 2013 -
Now we know what 'qualified mortgage' means in federal rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Board has issued rules that define the term established in financial reform laws passed after the housing collapse.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 10, 2013 -
Dodge Index of coming nonresidential projects began to grow again in December
McGraw-Hill's index signals construction activity about a year in advance and resumed earlier 2012 growth that had stalled during economic uncertainty in the fall.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 9, 2013 -
Taxes and fees lag highway-maintenance needs and affect construction industry
Neither state nor federal programs are bringing in the revenue it takes to have contractors maintain the highway infrastructure in the U.S.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 8, 2013 -
How this year will roll, as AGC's economist sees it
Ken Simonson expects private-sector construction spending this year to offset shrinking public-sector opportunities and result in a net gain of 5% to 10%.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 7, 2013 -
IPO market beginning to feel the love for home builders as investment opportunities
No home builder has come onto the stock exchanges since 2004, but it looks like that drought will end in 2013, perhaps this month.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 7, 2013 -
Survey finds Americans regaining confidence that home values will rise
In its December survey of how people feel nationally about housing, Fannie Mae found that almost half think home prices will continue to rise.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 7, 2013 -
Jobs data for states show that it's a lumpy recovery across the U.S.
Lest stories about "the recovery" be too broadly interpreted, an investment blog broke down the data to show which states have had the strongest recoveries based on unemployment rates and which are still hurting.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 7, 2013 -
Generation Y is changing what multifamily developers build
Shocked by what's required for home ownership, renters age 20-34 are valuing amenities over space as they seek apartments.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 6, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Prefab apartments and modeling with light
What were Construction Dive readers looking at in the first week of 2013? Click here to find out.
By Brian Warmoth • Jan. 4, 2013 -
Growth in construction jobs last month is really about residential progress
Residential accounts for 18,100 of 30,000 new jobs in December, and nonresidential was behind its December 2011 level.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 4, 2013 -
Prices look good as housing heads into the second lap of the race to recovery
Data firm Trulia says consistent price increases through 2012 put the market in a good position to keep up the pace this year.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 3, 2013 -
Gilbane: Construction jobs grew in '12 as spending crept up, and '13 will see more
This year should see a gain of 4.9% in nonresidential construction spending, like 2012 did, but with no help from the public sector.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 3, 2013 -
November nonresidential construction goes downhill
Despite that, however, Associated Builders and Contractors thinks there is pent-up demand for building.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
A few office developers are returning to something called 'speculation'
Putting up an office tower without tenants on the hook first is an idea the industry has not seen implemented in recent times.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
If construction is coming back to life, who's going to do it?
A lot of workers who lost jobs in the recession are not waiting at the door to get those jobs back, so contractors face shortages.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013 -
Housing seen again as an economic booster, not a drag, going into '13
Some observers are betting that housing is pulling the U.S. economy ahead as we go into 2013, no longer holding it back.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 1, 2013 -
Pending home sales were up for third straight month in November
It's a good indicator for the home-building industry that real estate agents report deals continue to grow.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 1, 2013 -
REIT leader: Housing likely to survive any fiscal-cliff woes
The head of a real estate investment trust says housing is among the parts of the economy best suited to weather economic uncertainty.
By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 1, 2013
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