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During the third quarter of 2023, availability of loans for residential Land Acquisition, Development & Construction (AD&C) continued to tighten, according to both NAHB’s survey on AD&C Financing and the Federal Reserve’s survey of senior loan officers.  Each of the surveys produces a net easing index that is positive when credit is easing and negative
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Median square foot prices (excluding record-high improved lot values) for new for-sale single-family detached (SFD) homes started in 2022 increased 18%, according to NAHB’s analysis of the latest Survey of Construction data. Increases for square foot prices in new custom SFD homes were similarly high, averaging 19%, more than double the US inflation of 8%
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23,000 positions added across the board By Scott Judy For the seventh consecutive month, the U.S. construction industry posted job gains, this time recording an across-the-board overall increase of 23,000 positions during October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Specialty trade contractors added the most jobs, with a gain of 14,200, reports BLS. Of that
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