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The cost of construction materials continues to skyrocket, up 47% since the start of the pandemic. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPUSI01…

More housing is being built in the United States than at any time since the housing boom that ended in 2006. eyeonhousing.org/2021/04/housin… ht @dietz_econ

wsj.com/articles/commo… Prices are surging for construction materials, and builders are passing the costs to home buyers as demand remains high.

Construction spending hits new record in January Spending on residential construction last month was up 21% from 2020 Spending hit a seasonally adjusted annual estimated rate of $1.5 trillion across all sectors last month, the highest on record. therealdeal.com/national/2021/…

Explaining the Frenzy in the Housing Market nytimes.com/2020/12/03/ups…

NYC building was down 30% in 2020. nydailynews.com/news/politics/…

BuildZoom founder Jiyan Wei talks about the company, remote work, and construction industry trends: youtube.com/watch?v=UHxoox…

We're highlighting Sanda Milovic today. Sanda is a Project Consultant @BuildZoom. Sanda has more than 7 years of experience in sales and customer service. Sanda has worked for a number of companies such as Nike, Express, and Fidelity National Title.

👀Permits to build new single-family homes in Central #Arizona totaled a 52% increase in December 2020 over December 2019. Permits ended the year up 18%. #HBACA Members check out more data including a city by city breakdown. 📈🏘️ ▶️hbaca.org/page/Municipal

"Housing continues to add jobs. Dec gain for builders and remodelers of 22,700, with jobs up 57,200 from a year ago. Residential construction is now at a post-Great Recession high, up 16,000 from prior peak in Feb 2020." -- twitter.com/dietz_econ

Construction workers have the (almost) highest rate of both asymptomatic and symptomatic positive covid tests out of any industry: constructiondive.com/news/study-con…

Construction spending up 4.4% from 2019 to 2020 tribtown.com/2021/01/04/ap-…

New home sales up 21% year over year: cnbc.com/2020/12/23/nov…

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Sales of newly built, single-family homes in October dipped a fraction of a percent from September to October, but remained more than 40 percent above the same period in 2019, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Housing and the U.S. Census insidenova.com/news/real_esta…

Lumber prices typically hit a lull in December, but not this year as lean inventories and strong building demand force buyers to pay up trib.al/spMXO3k

According to data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction, the custom home share increased to 20.2% of all single-family homes started in 2019, the National Association of Home Builders reports. lbmjournal.com/custom-home-bu…

Plywood, lumber costs double in home building and improvements cbs17.com/video/plywood-…

S.F.’s building department is a mess. It's no wonder pay-to-play rules the day. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heathe…