September 27, 2016 First Look at Construction Costs in 2017 Construction cost is always top of mind to builders, developers and owners, so we wanted to take a quick look at it today in our blog! We look at current and ...Keep Reading
June 21, 2016 Should We Be Worried About Dropping Construction Employment Numbers? The past two months in construction employment numbers, according to the BLS May 2016 Employment Situation have shown a slight dip and have gotten a few folks ...Keep Reading
May 5, 2016 Finding Balance as a Mom and a Professional in the Construction Industry In honor of Mother’s Day, I decided to give this month’s blog post a bit of a twist. Instead of focusing on the economy and what is happening in the ...Keep Reading
April 15, 2016 Construction Industry Insight: Is it too soon to talk about recession? This past week at a conference, Dr. Michael Miller, Associate Professor of Economics at DePaul University, brought up that the U.S. is 82 months into an ...Keep Reading
February 4, 2016 Will 2016 Mark the End of the Multifamily Construction Boom? The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) held its Apartments Strategies Conference and Annual Meeting in Orlando from January 18-21. With over 4,000 ...Keep Reading
January 15, 2016 The 2016 Construction Forecast Report is Here 2015 was a great year for the construction industry, with the significant trend being growth. Construction put-in-place rose by 8.5% in the second half of the ...Keep Reading
December 16, 2015 Is Financing Holding Back Single-Family Construction? A couple of months ago I wrote about the decision and process I went through in buying a home in Houston, TX. As a continuation to that blog, I wanted to talk ...Keep Reading
October 20, 2015 Beware the Wildly Optimistic Construction Forecast In the construction industry (and most businesses in general), one of the most dangerous pitfalls you can make is falling into a trap of over-forecasting. This ...Keep Reading
October 7, 2015 2016 Construction Forecast: Cloudy or Sunny? As we approach the 4th quarter of 2015, we start preparing and planning for 2016. In that effort, we have developed a 2016 construction forecast report with ...Keep Reading
September 24, 2015 Rent vs Buy: One Millennial's Experience on Buying a Home Millennials aren’t necessarily in the full swing of buying homes yet (see graph), but the overall single-family market is slowly picking up and at least one ...Keep Reading
August 28, 2015 Kermit Baker on Multifamily Construction and Other Emerging Trends Recently, Building Solutions President John Kemp had the privilege of talking with Chief Economist Kermit Baker at AIA 2015. The interview started on a high ...Keep Reading
July 7, 2015 AIA Insider: A Sit-Down With Chief Economist Kermit Baker As many of you know, the AIA show was held last month in Atlanta, GA, where the Building Solutions headquarters are located.The show, which had over 7,000 ...Keep Reading