United States:
Building Products And Materials Insights - Q1 2018
02 March 2018
Duff and Phelps
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Low mortgage rates, strong consumer confidence and a healthy
economy with rising wages continued to drive buyer demand
throughout 2017, with sales reaching their highest annual pace
since 2007. Robust sales activity drove the supply of existing
homes to a 17-year low, while housing prices reached a record high.
Building permits and housing starts increased 4.7% and 2.4%,
respectively, with single-family home activity continuing to
outpace multifamily. In the second half of 2017, 106 M&A
transactions were completed, a 35.9% increase from the first half
of the year, but a slight decrease from the same period a year ago.
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