Month: September 2015

Much like it counts people every 10 years, the US government counts American businesses every 5 years.  This is done through the Economic Census, which is conducted by the Census Bureau in years ending in 2 and 7.  Results for the residential construction industry for 2012 were recently released, officially confirming what we already knew: …

A previous post discussed how the current shortage of subcontractors in residential construction is becoming more acute.  This is significant, because subcontractors are very important to the construction of the typical home.  Periodically, NAHB has found it worthwhile to remind the public just how important. NAHB addressed the topic most recently in the September 2015…