by Chelsie Butler | Apr 7, 2021 | Business & People News
By Manuel Gutierrez, Consulting Economist to NKBA Total U.S. construction spending fell by a modest 0.7% in February, to an annual rate of $1.5 billion. Despite that monthly drop, spending remained 5.3% above last year, when total construction was at an annualized...
by Chelsie Butler | Apr 7, 2021 | Business & People News
A number of trends recently detailed by NKBA in both its Market Outlook and KBMI studies were confirmed during the first part of the Remodeling Futures Conference at The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies — most notably, that things with remodeling prospects are...
by Chelsie Butler | Apr 5, 2021 | Business & People News, Trends & Inspirations
The COVID-19 has pulled the proverbial rug out from under us in more ways than one. At first, I was hearing about how many people were spending the long hours at home eating much more than usual out of boredom or stress. And eventually this has led to altering the...
by Chelsie Butler | Apr 5, 2021 | Event News
NKBA is looking for the best and the brightest K&B and business experts to present at its highly regarded Voices from the Industry conference at KBIS 2022, Feb. 8-10, in Orlando. The submission process opens April 5, and NKBA is accepting proposals for the...
by Chelsie Butler | Apr 2, 2021 | KBB Collective Blog
Recently, a prospective client called me and asked if my firm would do just a bathroom renovation. I thought that was an interesting question, since bathroom renovation is exactly one of the services we offer. As it turns out, not many design/build companies will take...
