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The first week of February we had the Rochester Area Builder’s Home Show, and from walking around talking to a lot of you, it sounded like it was a great success for many! Move in this year was the easiest move in by far in all the years that I have been a committee member and exhibitor. Companies with larger booths or booths that are built on site were able to move in one day earlier which kept the traffic congestion to a minimum.
Index Studs, Struts & Stilettos........................... 2 News from the President.......................... 3 Association Scrapbook ............................ 4 February Networking Night....................... 5 RAB Award Winners...............................6-7 Member Marketing Opportunities ................................................................8-9 Association Scrapbook .................... 10-11 Building Permit Reports.......................... 14 Membership Information........................15 Elliot Eisenberg Article............................ 16 NAHB Member Discounts....................... 17
Doors and Windows Unhinged was a great success with a check in the amount of $2,750 going to Habitat for Humanity and Brad Hoffmann of Tradesmen International, Inc. winning the People’s Choice Award. Once Upon a Playhouse had a new location over in the Arena to help draw traffic through the entire show. Next year will be the 10th Anniversary of Once Upon a Playhouse, so if you would like to help or donate your time or any materials, be sure to let someone in the RAB office know. If you have any input on how the show went, good or bad, please be sure to fill out the survey that has been sent out, or give your information to me so I can pass it along to the committee. Your opinion is highly valued and we can only make the show better if we know what is and is not working. Have a great rest of the month!
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New Residential Single Family Dwelling
2016
23
VALUATION
2015
VALUATION
6,670,495
21
5,767,212
Townhome Dwelling
2
450,000
0
0
Two-Family Houses
0
0
0
0
Multi-Family Bldgs
2
19,237,651
Manufactured Home
0
0
0
0
Existing Residential
January 2016
Single Family Homes/Townhomes 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
January
27
25
3
13
3
6
19
11
20
February
19
15
1
8
8
20
15
14
19
March
30
29
16
27
24
32
29
28
30
April
44
27
29
25
19
29
39
25
22
May
50
30
33
20
14
22
27
35
19
June
43
36
40
12
26
32
33
47
51
July
60
23
22
23
8
39
39
38
29
Deck Addition
2
13,300
0
0
Room Addition
1
20,553
0
0
August
43
28
26
15
18
38
21
60
33
September
33
28
33
10
19
22
22
23
27
Porch Additions
0
0
0
0
Other Additions
0
0
2
17,500
Basement Finish
18
255,620
24
312,750
Alterations
40
402,822
34
502,638
Multi-Family Addition
0
0
0
0
Multi-Family Alterations
2
8,900
4
17,100
Assembly (Church)
0
0
0
0
Assembly (General)
0
0
0
0
Assembly (Restaurant/Bar)
0
0
0
0
Business
1
910,000
1
300,000
Education
0
0
0
Factory/Industrial
0
0
Institution
0
Mercantile Miscellaneous Residential (Apartment)
October
34
19
31
14
16
23
34
35
49
November
23
26
32
21
20
22
26
26
23
December TOTAL
11
16
15
12
16
14
22
27
42
417
302
281
200
191
299
326
369
364
25
25
*total may differ as permits may have been voided.
New Commercial 2016 VALUATION NO.
2015 VALUATION
Building Permits Issued to Date
125
47,599,836
140
15,965,803
0
Single Family Dwelling
23
6,670,495
21
5,767,212
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-Family Buildings Total Units: 192
2
19,237,651
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Trade Permits Issued to Date
570
11,383,752
518
5,019,643
171
7,090,563
152
1,472,607
Residential (Care/Assisted Living)
0
0
0
0
Electrical
Residential (Care/Hotel/Motel)
0
0
0
0
Electrical (Temp. Service)
14
13,450
15
2,150
164
1,858,120
155
2,299,317
25,405
29
21,705
Storage (General)
1
20,000
0
0
Mechanical
Storage (Parking Garage)
0
0
0
0
Gas Piping
41
Storage (Warehouse)
0
0
0
0
Fireplace
26
78,754
23
63,371
9
476,015
17
622,033
Utility (General)
0
0
0
0
Hydronic System
Utility (Private Garage)
0
0
0
0
Plumbing
145
1,841,445
127
538,460
Total Permits YTD
695
58,983,588
658
20,985,446
Existing Commercial Addition Alterations
1
205,000
2
3,051,159 5,166,739
13
18,880,888
27
Structural Shell
0
0
0
0
“White Box”
0
0
0
0
Interior Demolition Only
3
25,756
5
159,900
Other Phased Permits
0
0
1
425,000
Other Construction
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Year To Date Statistics
NO.
Business Signs
10
39,051
10
220,805
Advertising Sign
0
0
0
0
Footings & Foundations
2
400,000
1
25,000
Demolition
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VALUATION
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150,000
2
5,000
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Economic Forecast for 2016 + + + + + + + Slightly Better Than 2015 + + + + + + + + + + +
Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Looking at 2016, the domestic economic landscape looks solid, albeit unspectacular. The unemployment rate should continue falling, house prices are likely to rise by 5%, and the economy will be led almost entirely by the continuing improvement in household balance sheets, and in conjunction with increased employment and slightly faster wage growth. Government spending will be slightly higher in 2016 (but not enough to matter), capital expenditures by firms will remain weak, and exports will continue to suffer due to the strong US dollar. The most serious domestic problem is weak inflation, and it should begin to increase. Despite continuing poor global economic growth, the American economy will not weaken, but is also unlikely to strengthen much. With this in mind, I expect full-year 2016 GDP to come in at 2.4%, slightly higher than the expected 2.2% GDP growth experienced in 2015. New housing starts should increase by about 12%, with total starts coming in at 1.25 million. Single-family starts will likely total 830,000, up from 710,000, while multifamily starts should hit 410,000, up from 400,000. New and existing home sales should rise by about 4% and end the year at 6.0 million, with mortgage purchase volume advancing by $60 billion and refinance activity falling by about $250 billion. Housing inventories should jump by about 150,000 units, to 5.5 months of inventory, up from 5.0 months now. Given the continued improving labor market, expect net new monthly job growth to average 185,000/month, which while down from 205,000/ month in 2015, is excellent given the shrinking size of the working age population. As a result, the unemployment rate should fall from 5.0% today to between 4.6% and 4.8% by year end and possibly lower, depending upon the behavior of the labor
force participation rate (LFPR). If the LFPR rises, and that would be good, unemployment may end the year as high as 4.8%, but if the LFPR continues to fall, an unemployment rate of 4.6% or even 4.5% is distinctly possible. As for inflation, headline inflation will noticeably increase while core inflation (which excludes food and energy) edges up only slightly. Inflation should rise because energy and commodity prices are not likely to fall further and the dollar is unlikely to continue strengthening. As a result, the downward pressure these forces have exerted on headline inflation will cease and headline inflation, now at 0.3%, should move towards the core rate which is now at 1.3% and will probably rise to 1.7% by year end, which is still below the Fed target of 2%. As a result, the Federal Reserve will have the luxury of time to slowly raise the federal funds rate from where it is now, between 0.25% and 0.50%, to between 1.00% and 1.25% by year end, with a rate increase coming every three to four months. As a result of slightly faster GDP growth and falling unemployment in 2016, 10-year Treasuries will end the year at 2.75% and 30-year mortgage rates will probably hover around 4.5% as the yield curve flattens due to faster rising short-term rates. But slightly easing credit conditions and rising consumer spending due to improving employment numbers and wages will keep the economy and housing market on track despite mildly higher interest rates. Finally, I put the chances of a recession in 2016 at 15% to 20%. So look forward to steady economic activity in 2016 and fear not slowly ascending interest rates.
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