For almost seven months, the housing market has been slowing across new and existing construction activity, including new home building, large-scale remodels and general home maintenance projects. The June BuildFax Housing Health Report (BHHR) revealed, however, that even as demand for construction slows, spend is still rising, propelled by 2019 economic conditions. New and Existing... Read More
Remodeling spend will not keep pace with its steep 2018 increases in 29 of 49 major metros across the U.S., according to a new report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS), a Harvard University initiative that researches housing issues relevant to public policy. The JCHS report leverages a modeling tool, which forecasts residential... Read More
We’re excited to announce that on the heels of the BuildFax 10-year anniversary, we’ve rebranded. It’s fitting that these milestones coincided. Over the past ten years, the company has grown at breakneck speeds. In 2008, BuildFax established a previously non-existent class of data after identifying a gap in the market: across industries, there was a... Read More
Storm activity during the 2019 hurricane season is forecasted to produce between two and four major hurricanes with winds higher than 111 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NOAA defines this level of hurricane activity as normal for the season. However, recent trends in weather activity and the impacts of an... Read More
The May BuildFax Housing Health Report (BHHR) revealed that even as economic pressures are easing on a national level, for instance moderating home prices and declining mortgage rates, the housing market is still in a slump. Year over year, single-family housing authorizations, maintenance and remodeling are down. However, BuildFax found that increases in city-level remodeling... Read More
Storm activity during the 2019 hurricane season is forecasted to produce between two and four major hurricanes with winds higher than 111 mph, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NOAA defines this level of hurricane activity as normal for the season. However, recent trends in weather activity and the impacts of... Read More
