Tag: construction
Mixed picture for multifamily jobs market
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for November was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Tuesday. Its data on the...
Multifamily jobs markets show strength
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLT) report for September was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Tuesday. Its data on the...
Key construction material prices decline in September
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for September. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for intermediate...
Key construction material prices decline in August
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its producer price index report for August. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for intermediate...
Construction material prices up in May
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Producer Price Index for May last week. It showed that overall prices for processed goods for...
The labor demand
Every month, the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development release statistics that...
Construction still recovering from the housing bust
Last week, the Census Bureau released the 2016 County Business Patterns (CBP) report. The report shows that housing construction employment and the number of...
BLS data show churn in construction jobs
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its report on job openings and labor turnover for February. As reported elsewhere, the headline...
Pump up the volume
Apartment completions in the 150 largest U.S. metros spiked at 395,775 units in 2017, a volume that beats the 2016 level by a significant...
The U.S. apartment boom, measured in construction cranes
Sightseers in Chicago should keep their eyes open for cranes—the towering, metal kind. The Windy City has more cranes for residential projects currently dotting its...
Hopeful signs remain for housing
At first glance, the June housing starts report appeared to be negative, with activity declining 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...
