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Build-to-Rent Market: Positive Rental Outlook Due to Stalled Housing Inventory

The 2022 real estate market outlook experienced many ups and downs during 2022. Higher mortgage rates, lower house sales, and dropping lumber prices has created a unique environment where homebuyers are moving away from making that first home purchase. Inflation and higher prices across the product market, from food to gas, forced people to have deep concerns on how to manage their monthly budgets. These factors have caused the build-to-rent market to surge this year.
07 November, 2022
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Rising Housing Prices – What does the future hold?

The good news in early 2022 was an apparent slowdown in the runaway home sales prices that had characterized the previous year. Homes that consistently sold for over the asking price seemed to be on the market longer, and there were fewer bidding wars.
14 September, 2022
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Housing Market 2023: Predictions Focus on a Slowdown Despite Record Selling

Contractors, real estate agents, and homeowners have been hyper focused regarding what the selling market will look like within the last few months of 2022 and into 2023. Will mortgage rates be favorable for people looking to purchase a home? How much housing inventory is available to meet rising demand? What will average home prices be as we start to ease away from pandemic fears?
06 September, 2022
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Lumber Prices Fall as Mortgage Rates Contribute to Housing Market Affordability

While the pandemic had a major impact on workers having the ability to perform tasks safely, products across the country experienced major shortages due to supply chain issues. In the lumber industry, the commodity also experienced major changes as prices skyrocketed. Yet as we approach September of 2020, lumber prices are finally falling back to normal levels.
22 August, 2022
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Top 5 Construction Trends of 2022

If you're wondering what's going to happen in the construction industry this year, you're not alone. The sheer unpredictability of the industry as a whole invites conjecture so that contractors can more easily stay on top of what's coming down the road so that they can more successfully operate their businesses. In this post, we'll discuss the top five construction trends in 2022, giving you the low down on what to expect this year and into the future.
10 June, 2022
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Trends in Home Design that Homeowners Want

Home design trends changed a lot during the COVID-19 pandemic. Spending time indoors and at home changed the perspective of many homeowners and home buyers, especially as the pandemic dragged out over the course of 2 years.
08 March, 2022
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New building materials reconditioning the construction industry

One year later, the construction industry emerges with new growth strategies responding to ongoing struggles of securing qualified trades prepared to meet industry demands in a competitive and regulated market. Cost concerns remain a primary consideration for the construction as industry efficiency standards present challenges to balancing the project's budget.
11 August, 2021
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Will Work from Home Continue Post-COVID?

The COVID-19 crisis has hammered the hospitality industry. But as more and more Americans get vaccinated, there is “light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.” But what is the post-COVID era going to look like for the hospitality industry? There is pent-up demand in the vacation and personal travel sector. That sector may be the first portion of the hospitality market to rebound.
11 August, 2021
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Hospitality Trends Post-COVID

The hospitality industry and its employees have suffered substantial losses during the COVID pandemic. Most likely, it will be 18+ months before hoteliers return to 2019 occupancy and revenue levels. Yet, there is reason to believe that the hospitality industry has begun its ascent back to profitability. Hotel owners are now rethinking their marketing and sales plans as we begin to see merging hospitality trends for 2021. What can we expect?
08 July, 2021
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