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Washington Post: Housing hasn’t led to hiring...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 10, 2013

Credit: Washington Post Wonkblog Though construction industry employment in the U.S. is steadily improving—adding 18,000 jobs in March amid a ...

Manufacturing growth slows despite increase in...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 05, 2013

The majority of financial analysts expected growth in the manufacturing sector to accelerate in March thanks to the boom in ...

Construction equipment investment expected to continue...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 04, 2013

Construction equipment investment is expected to continue to grow and an above average rate over the next three to six motnhs, ...

Construction spending up 7.9 percent annually, home...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 01, 2013

Thanks to a surge in home building, construction spending grew 1.2 percent in February, according to seasonally-adjusted data from the ...

Smart, skilled class of contractors necessary to...

Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013

In this era of partisan news both sides will spin any facts any way to make their side look better. ...

NAHB survey finds labor shortages in “all...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 25, 2013

According to a survey conducted by the National Association of Home Builders, labor shortages are hurting the housing and economic recoveries ...

Permits, labor shortage cause delays as builders...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 25, 2013

“I’ve also never seen a market turn so quickly.” That's what Kurt K. Colgan, a broker with Lyon Real Estate of ...

Why isn’t construction hiring booming like...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 21, 2013

Citing a phenomenon that might not make much sense to those outside of the industry, Neil Irwin took to the ...

Housing starts stall in February

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 20, 2013

After a big dip in January, housing starts basically stalled in February, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Commerce ...

All-American-made homes would provide economic boost,...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 18, 2013

Is it possible to build a home from 100 percent American materials? That's the question Anders and Jake Lewendal decided to ...

Big construction employment gains indicate rising...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 11, 2013

On Friday the latest round of figures from the U.S. Labor Department showed that the construction industry enjoyed its highest monthly ...

Automakers prepare for truck war as housing and...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 07, 2013

As the housing and construction industry recoveries slowly build momentum, NPR reports automakers are preparing for an all-out truck war ...

Spy shots of 2015 Ford F-150 in testing suggest redesign...

Credit: Truck Trend/Chris Doane Automotive With the last F-150 redesign ...

GEAR: 1928 Ford Model A pickup with BMW V-8 is a throwback...

Click on over to Mike Burroughs telling of ...

Ram Trucks and Superman team up for “Man of...

Ram Trucks just made a pretty powerful new friend. Continuing its ...

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