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2025 Outlook for New Single Family Residential Construction

Builder confidence is currently down to a reading of 43 in June of 2024, but housing starts are forecasted to pick up in 2025. Let's take a look at a handful of indicators painting the evolving story 2025 single family residential construction.

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Study Finds Residential Contractor Revenues Up 6 to 10 Percent Compared to Last Year

Q1 of 2024 results from the Farnsworth Quarterly Contractor Index are now available to download with positive indications for Pros. The supply and demand fundamentals also continue to suggest that good times are ahead. Here's what contractors are telling us:

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Top Takeaways from 2024 IBS, KBIS, IRE, AHR Expo, and World of Concrete

Here are some initial takeaways we’ve gathered from 2024 trade shows to provide you with insights on where our industry may be heading this year and next. For starters, KBIS, IBS, IRE, AHR Expo, and World of Concrete all saw high attendance and high energy to kickoff 2024, and it only gets better from there.

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Home Improvement

Are Lumber Prices Going to Go Down in 2024?

Two-thirds of U.S. lumber consumption can be attributed to new home construction and home improvement projects, according to CAIA Association. Volatility has defined the lumber market since 2020, but some stability returned in 2023.

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Market Sizing
Building & Construction

Landscaping, Lawn and Garden Market Size and 2024-2027 Outlook

As our team anticipated, slowing housing starts and slowed home sales resulted in a decreased demand for OPE products in 2023, especially among new buyers, but market size forecasts show a brighter outlook. Here's what we're seeing:

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Lawn & Ranch
Product Development
Market Sizing

Top 5 Trends Driving the Cabinet Market in 2024

The cabinetry market has remained strong for the past few years and is expected to grow about 3.7%-5.7% CAGR from 2022 to 2027. Forecasts suggest the global cabinet market may reach $12.1 billion by 2024. Here are the top 5 trends influencing the growth of the cabinet market.

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Market Sizing
Customer Usage and Attitude

Best Practices For Successfully Conducting Market Segmentation Research

There are primarily three types of segmentation that are used in market research: Attitudinal, Behavioral, and Demographic. Which one you should use should be based on the objectives of your research. Let’s unpack each type of customer segmentation:

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Customer Usage and Attitude

Better Understand Your Building Product Customers

Download informative reports to keep a pulse on how your target DIYer, Contractor, Builder, and Architectural customers' purchase behaviors are changing.

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