Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Recovery

  • Is 2012 When The Housing Market Rebounds?

    Is 2012 When The Housing Market Rebounds?

    Housing Market Improves Recent good news about the US housing market suggest that maybe, just maybe, there is life in this key economic sector, after all. With other parts of the economy now slowing down, like the what was once strong performance in manufacturing, positive signs of improvement in the housing market show that for…

  • CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 17-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER WITH MONTHLY GAINS IN ALL SEGMENTS

    CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 17-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER WITH MONTHLY GAINS IN ALL SEGMENTS

    CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 17-MONTH HIGH IN NOVEMBER WITH MONTHLY GAINS IN ALL SEGMENTS BUT PUBLIC SPENDING DOWN 5.3 PERCENT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR Date: January 3, 2012 Both Single- and Multifamily Homebuilding Improve from October and Year Ago; Private Nonresidential Increases from November 2010 are Widespread; Most Public Categories Drop from Year-Earlier Levels Construction spending totaled…

  • Construction Backlog Up 10 Percent In Second Quarter

    August 16, 2011 Washington, D.C. – Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator (CBI) increased 10 percent in the second quarter of 2011 to an average of 8.1 months, up from 7.3 months the previous quarter. The CBI is 12 percent higher than one year ago. CBI is a forward-looking…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Post Great Recession-Are Jobs Going to Come Back?

    In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Post Great Recession-Are Jobs Going to Come Back? I’ve been thinking lately about what the jobs situation in the land surveying industry will look like as as a full recovery takes hold and the Great Recession, hopefully, comes to an end. Lately I’ve heard several…