Every two weeks, Oldcastle Building Solutions Business Intelligence prepares a report focused on understanding and analyzing construction market data and trends.
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What's New In This Report?
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HighlightsBuilders’ confidence dipped 2 points in June 2017 to 67 May 2017 ABI rebounded to 53.0 after April dip to 50.9, above Neutral (50) |
Construction UpdateMay 2017 Housing Permits down 0.8% from last year; starts also down 2.4% in year New single family sales in May 2017: 610K houses, 8.9% above its year-ago rate |
Economic Update42 of 51 states showed year-over-year gains in construction employment May 2017 CPI-U (inflation) decreased 0.1%, following 0.2% gain in April |
Key Takeaways
- The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) in June 2017 dipped 2 points to 67, following May 2017's revised score of 69
- The Architectural Billings Index (ABI), a 9-12 month leading indicator for commercial construction rebounded in May 2017 to a score of 53.0, above the neutral (50) mark
- Housing permits contracted in May 2017 to 1.2M, 0.8% below May 2016's rate; Single Family permits made gains over the year up 6.0%, while Multi-Family permits experienced a 12.2% year-over-year decline
- Housing starts decreased in May 2017, down 2.4% from last year to 1.1M: Single Family starts were up 8.5%; while Multi-Family starts were down 23.0% from last year
- 610K new Single Family homes were sold in May 2017, 8.9% above the May 2016 rate. Sales in the month rebounded 2.9% from the dip in April 2017
- 42 of 51 states showed year-over-year construction employment gains in May 2017; with the strongest gains in Rhode Island and the deepest contractions in DC
- CPI-U, which indicates inflation, fell 0.1% in May 2017, following a 0.2% increase in April 2017
