Phillips Planning, Inc.

02/10/2020

The NAHB recently published its latest Cost of Construction Survey. Results show that 61.1% of the average home sale price consisted of construction costs in 2019, up from 55.6% in 2017, but simila…

01/22/2020

After a slight decline last month, existing home sales, released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), surged to near two-year high in December. Total existing home sales, including single…

12/02/2019

The year 2020 is now upon us, and as we say goodbye to 2019, we welcome a new decade and all the twists and turns it will bring for the housing industry.

04/12/2019

Prices paid for goods used in residential construction increased 1.5% in March (not seasonally adjusted) according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistic…

01/16/2019

Overall, the price of materials inputs to residential construction declined 1.8% in December (not seasonally adjusted) according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) released by the Bureau of L…

01/11/2019

More evidence that the housing market may be turning a corner came on the earnings call of Lennar, a home builder.

01/03/2019

This luxury executive home is within walking distance of downtown Bellevue, Wash. and boasts stunning views of Lake Washington. It also boasts a 2017 Best in American Living™ Awards (BALA) Gold Awa…

07/10/2018

If demand is so high for starter homes, why don't they just build more of them? MPR News' Max Nesterak looked into it.

05/11/2018

The count of unfilled jobs in the construction sector increased in March and approached the post-Great Recession high level. According to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and …

01/16/2018

The housing industry needs young people!

Millennials are picking up the tool belts the generation ahead is putting down

01/04/2018

S&P Dow Jones Indices reported that the Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, which uses prices of existing homes, rose at a seasonally adjusted annual growth rate of 8.4% in October, sl…

12/12/2017

The count of unfilled jobs in the construction sector increased in October. This increase occurred during a period of expansion for repair and remodeling work in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and I…