http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/news/ en craig.lubaszka@reedbusiness.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-16T07:57:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/resort-cities-still-the-most-active-housing-markets/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/resort-cities-still-the-most-active-housing-markets/#When:09:59:00Z The most intense housing development in the US continues to be in the rapidly growing resort and retirement centers along the Carolina coast, the hurricane rebuilding region on the Gulf Coast, the manufacturing and business centers in the North Carolina Piedmont area and Austin and Houston in Texas. As depressed as local housing markets are, relatively intense housing development still continues in the South Florida coastal cities but interior Orlando and mid-Atlantic coast Sebastian-Vero Beach are the only Florida cities among the twenty-five metro areas with the most intense housing development. Contractors, Market Insights, Housing, US, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 2008-05-15T09:59:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-301-360/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-301-360/#When:09:55:01Z This chart features U.S. Housing Permits per 1,000 population based on the latest 12 months and residential permits for cities ranked 301-360. It includes population figures for each city listed. Contractors, Market Insights, Housing, US, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 2008-05-15T09:55:01-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-201-300/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-201-300/#When:09:54:00Z This chart features U.S. Housing Permits per 1,000 population based on the latest 12 months and residential permits for cities ranked 201-300. It includes population figures for each city listed. Contractors, Market Insights, Housing, US, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 2008-05-15T09:54:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-101-200/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-101-200/#When:09:53:00Z This chart features U.S. Housing Permits per 1,000 population based on the latest 12 months and residential permits for cities ranked 101-200. It includes population figures for each city listed. Contractors, Market Insights, Housing, US, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 2008-05-15T09:53:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-1-100/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/us-metro-housing-markets-january-2008-cities-1-100/#When:09:51:00Z This chart features U.S. Housing Permits per 1,000 population based on the latest 12 months and residential permits for cities ranked 1-100. It includes population figures for each city listed. Contractors, Market Insights, Housing, US, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 2008-05-15T09:51:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/metal-and-diesel-price-increases-push-construction-cost-higher/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/metal-and-diesel-price-increases-push-construction-cost-higher/#When:10:17:00Z Construction materials costs jumped 2.1% in March from February to 6.5% above a last March. Most of the increase was due to soaring metals diesel prices. The current round of steel price increases hit the price index in March, accompanied by a jump in aluminum prices. Non-ferrous metal prices continue to rise rapidly. Contractors, Market Insights, Costs & Materials, US 2008-05-02T10:17:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/how-high-will-fuel-prices-go/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/how-high-will-fuel-prices-go/#When:07:19:00Z Diesel and gasoline prices are likely to rise as much as… Connections, Contractors, US, CAN, Construction Forecasts, Costs & Materials 2008-04-30T07:19:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/equipment-demand-may-be-slipping/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/equipment-demand-may-be-slipping/#When:14:43:00Z US construction equipment manufacturers continue to be in a “maintenance” market as they have been for about a year. Shipment and orders are varying month by month in a very narrow range. They are averaging high enough to avoid discount pricing but not high enough to permit the margins they realized in the 2005-06 equipment boom. Contractors, Market Insights, Commercial Building & Heavy Engineering, Construction Forecasts, US 2008-04-28T14:43:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/reed-elsevierrsquos-divestiture-of-reed-business-information/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/reed-elsevierrsquos-divestiture-of-reed-business-information/#When:06:25:00Z Following last quarter’s news about the decision by Reed Elsevier to put up for sale the worldwide business to business publishing business of which Reed Construction Data is a part, there may be questions out there that we should address.  We will try to answer some of them here. Connections, Contractors 2008-04-07T06:25:00-05:00 http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/materials-inventory-surge-promises-price-weakness-ahead/ http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/articles/read/materials-inventory-surge-promises-price-weakness-ahead/#When:08:11:00Z Construction materials wholesalers held a record level of surplus inventory of lumber and other construction materials in December according to the Census Bureau’s latest wholesale trade report. At 1.48, the ratio of month end inventory to previous months’ sales was the highest reported in the last 10 years. Contractors, Market Insights, Costs & Materials, US 2008-02-12T08:11:00-05:00