Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Residential construction spending boom


I still run into people who refuse to believe there has been a housing recovery, and there are even those who doubt whether there's been any recovery at all in the economy. All I can say is, the numbers tell a compellingly different story. As the chart above shows, residential construction spending has increased by almost 50% in the three years ending last February. And with warmer weather we're likely to see even further gains in the months to come. If a 50% increase in activity in the span of three years doesn't count as a recovery, I don't know what does. Of course, there is still a lot of room to go before residential construction spending reaches a new high, but that doesn't change the fact that, on the margin, there has been a really impressive turnaround in residential construction spending in the past few years.

Nonresidential construction has only posted modest gains in recent years (up 15% from the early-2011 lows), but it didn't decline nearly as much as residential.

3 comments:

  1. I do not see a "residential construction boom" reflected in the charts above, sorry...

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  2. "Boom" could be too strong a description, but recovery is certainly appropriate. Unfortunately, I do not see it here in my town in central Florida, BUT isn't all real estate local?

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