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Labor Shortage Concerns
NAHB looks to secure skilled worker availability The International Housing Association (IHA) is focusing on ways to secure the skilled work force necessary to address the needs of the residential construction industry around the world, IHA leaders announced during the association’s annual meeting April 11-13 in Washington, D.C. This effort will further the IHA’s priorities on housing affordability, availability and choice, while assisting to position the economies of IHA member countries for future success. “The global residential construction industry has experienced a growing shortage of skilled labor for many reasons. Workers are leaving their home countries for better job opportunities elsewhere, the population of skilled trade workers is aging and young people are seeking professions requiring a college education instead of
The Impact of a Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction
The impact of the skilled labor shortage in construction has continued to plague the construction industry since the recession (2007-2011) where approximately 2 million construction workers were let go (more than any other industry). Ever since then, the construction industry has not been able to make up for this loss of skilled labor and has struggled to fulfill the many construction jobs that are becoming more readily available. The National Association of Homebuilders estimates that there are approximately 200,000 construction jobs that have been left unsatisfied due to the labor shortage. This inverse relationship between the availability of construction jobs and the availability of a skilled workforce is only going to continue to be a problem in 2017 as the promise of new infrastructure is coming from the new administration. The promising growth of new construction projects should be exciting news for the construction industry; however, it poses a challenge to construction firms as they struggle to be able to staff such large projects with enough qualified workers.
Here are some ways the skilled labor shortage has impacted the construction industry: Many people are scared to join the construction industry. The recession and layoffs of 2007-2011 lead to the loss of many of the skilled construction workers and professionals who had been in the industry for a long time. After these people had been let go, the construction industry was forced to start from square one, since many of the skilled workers were already let go and nearing retirement age. Also, many of the younger people entering the workforce have avoided construction as a career path due to its volatility of job security in the past. Less of a focus on trades and vocational schools. Another reason why fewer people are entering the construction workforce is the lack of emphasis on the trades in high school and college. Most young adults are being guided toward the traditional 4-year university routes and never consider learning a trade. Fewer apprenticeship programs. The recession also led to fewer apprenticeships and internships. Apprenticeship programs typically allow
the building trades,” said Kristin Brookfield, IHA chair and chief executive for industry policy at HIA Australia. “With the residential construction industry in most countries facing increased housing demand, the skilled labor shortage creates a range of challenges that ultimately affect housing supply and affordability. “IHA members have a common interest in ensuring that the residential construction industry can address these challenges, and the recent discussion allowed members to share information about housing demand and skilled labor shortages in their country. “We have agreed to look at the potential solutions to address the skilled labor shortage. Our membership represents 13 different countries, so we have the unique the employer to “test out” new employees before hiring them full-time and allows the apprentice to gain valuable hands-on work experience. Without these apprenticeship programs, employers are hiring workers before their skills have been evaluated, and less young entrants to the workforce are gaining hands-on experience before being thrown into the field. This lack of apprenticeships has also led to a less skilled young workforce overall. If more construction firms were offering apprenticeships, it might not only attract young workers, but it would also act to head-start these new workers on their skill sets so that they might become highly skilled construction workers later in their construction career. Less qualified workers pose safety concerns. Safety concerns go hand in hand with the hiring of less than qualified workers to staff the increasing number of projects. This is a concern especially with a highstakes job like construction, where a lack of skills can mean very devastating results. Rising costs to both project owners as well as to contractors. Costs of construction projects have risen for both project owners, as they are forced to pay more to get a project completed on time, as well as for contractors who have had to increase compensation and benefits to attract new talent. According to a survey conducted by Associated General Contractors of America, 52% of participants said that they had increased their base compensation for all workers, while 28% have improved benefits to stay competitive in the market for talent acquisition. How does the construction industry combat this issue of a skilled labor shortage?
opportunity to be able to share our experiences and recommendations on different programs and policies,” she said. Members will pursue a variety of goals including: raising the perception of skilled trades, sharing strategies designed to address the benefits the industry provides to a diverse group of workers and sharing approaches to make certain those taking up training in the residential building trades are appropriately paid. “Members recognize this is a complex problem and that there are no simple solutions, but we hope that by working collectively we can gain insights in ways to improve the supply of skilled labor for the residential construction industry,” she said.
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) serves as the Secretariat of IHA. For more information visit www.internationalhousingassociation.org.
The construction industry must be able to demonstrate its value as a career to the upcoming workforce. There are many ways that the construction industry can do so: Reaching out to the younger generations Construction firms need to partner with local schools to be considered by young adults as a career path worth pursuing. This partnership will lead to opportunities to appear at career events, speak in front of classrooms, appear on the school’s career connection websites, and many other benefits. By visiting local high schools and colleges, construction firms will be able to get young adults thinking about a career in construction before they finalize their career path. Investing in training programs To create a more highly skilled workforce overall, construction firms need to invest in training for all employees. To do so, construction firms should have extensive training for all new employees, refresher training courses for all-level employees, and mentorship programs that will allow the senior workers to pass along their knowledge to the younger working generation before they retire. In addition to skills training, construction firms should also utilize training from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in order to train new employees to improve safety on-site. With the promise of new construction jobs only continuing to grow, there has never been a more vital time for the construction industry to take steps to combat the skilled labor shortage. Small steps taken to reposition the construction industry as a viable career option for new entrants to the working world will make a massive difference for the construction industry in the long-run. source: www.esub.com
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Association staff and volunteers hard at work as President one can never take membership and members for granted. nor can we take staff for granted. This was evident with our recent events which brought together dozens of members to help the staff with the events. First and foremost, my thanks to Southwest land for giving us artcraft estates to have a parade at. Secondly to the nine builders who took the risk to build at that site. and to the thousands of people who went out to see the homes, make an offer, and decide to buy a new home. Yeah some of the visitors came to get ideas for remodeling or wishing, but that’s why we do these parades. We call it “stimulate the market”. Big success and my thanks go to the volunteers who manned the ticket booth. in the beginning of the month we took on the construction of a playhouse for the children’s Hospital
Foundation and let me tell you it wasn’t an easy thing to do. There are many people and companies to thank, like Foxworth galbraith who donated the lumber; Sherwin Williams contributed paint, tools, and cruz lopez; to angelique Roman, Brenda aguirre, Patricia Martinez for chairing the event; to gus loy for building the structure; to Fernando Santana for the design; chris Hakes for the kids furniture; Ted escobedo for help with the staging; and of course our painting crews from all around the membership. our special thanks to Franklin Building Materials for the job of transporting the playhouse. Thank you all. We also had a wonderful golf day at Butterfield Trail, and a super successful Parade of Homes preview party. Thanks to all for contributing time, money and effort. My thanks
to luis Rosas and Patrick Tuttle, golf chairmen. great job guys. Throughout i’d also like to thank Ray and Margaret. it was a lot on their plate and they did and exceptional job, again! our immediate goal comes in May when we begin our Membership drive. We have some excited team captains who have already begun the calls to ask businesses to join. i strongly believe that this drive could end up being one of most successful given the strength of members we already have. i hope that you will get involved with us. it’s nearly half way through 2018 and i’m asking please help. it’s your association. Protect it with new members, grow it.
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Membership Drive set to kick off summer
Ray Adauto, Executive Vice President EPAB
After a very successful April the Association will embark on a statewide member drive in late May. Why would we do so? It’s about being able to spread our voice to those who need us the most, to the ones that don’t know the backrooms of politics, or who feel alone in the world of building or supplying those builders. Every market is different and with that comes the difference in politics. Why politics? Because you may not think you’re in a political hot seat until a politician or government employee decides they know how to run your business better than you do. Or worse yet they decide you shouldn’t be in business. The main purpose of the El Paso
Association of Builders is to ensure that we have and support a strong new home construction business in El Paso, Texas. We call it advocacy. Through the Texas Association of Builders and the National Association of Home Builders we advocate for the industry at the state and national level for our members. Sometimes we get the question “what has the association done for me”? In the case of advocacy our staffs and members do that on a continuing basis. It is the combination of staff and members that do the work of advocacy. Many of us are involved on city boards, in community planning, business chambers and other places outside of the EPAB, TAB or NAHB. It’s members working for members, sometimes with their own nickel to make sure laws or movements don’t go against you. Association by its very meaning is a bringing together of like minded individuals for a single purpose. In this case every member is potentially advocating
for you. That’s the power of membership and the “what’s in it for me”. There are many reasons to join, some very personal, others just based on common business sense. We hope to increase our rolls by at least 25% or perhaps as some have suggested, let’s double our membership. Great idea. More gives us the political clout we need to make sure politicians know we are a real force in employment and taxing revenue creation. It’s time for each member to ask just one business to join. That’s a great way to double up. Bring a member in. I was recently interviewed about the local economy and the effects of the new CAD valuations, the ones they use collect property taxes. I said that on the one hand everyone wants to have their homes go up in value, so they can maybe have more equity. I also noted that the values are directly tied to the tax rate and that the tax rate is directly tied to your taxes. What
many El Pasoan’s don’t understand is that our property taxes are affected every time some political entity (city, county, school districts) spends money, like in a bond election. Worse is that there is non-voter approved “certificates of obligation” that are being used a lot and those nonvoter approved expenditures account for a huge amount of debt. My concern is that just with the schools and the city tax burden we are currently owing nearly one BILLION dollars, not including pensions. We need to curtail the spending in order to catch up. I know some of you really think that the new stuff is needed right now, but how we pay for it should be considered in the conversation. We’re stuck with a voter approved city bond that hasn’t gone anywhere, but those bonds have been sold and we owe principal and interest today. It’s time that the political subdivisions get reminded that all the taxes for each are coming from one source….you.
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Builder Confidence in 55+ Housing Market Remains Healthy
n Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market dropped five points to 66 in the first quarter of 2018, according to the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI) released today. The decline came off of an all-time high reading of 71 from the fourth quarter of 2017. “Builders and developers for the 55+ housing sector continue to report strong demand,” said Chuck Ellison, chairman of NAHB's 55+ Housing Industry Council and Vice President-Land of Miller & Smith in McLean, Va. “However, there are many places around the country facing labor and lot shortages, along with increased building materials costs, which are affecting production.” There are separate 55+ HMIs for two segments of the 55+ housing market: single-family homes and multifamily condominiums. Each 55+ HMI measures builder sentiment based on a survey that asks if current sales, prospective buyer traffic and anticipated sixmonth sales for that market are good, fair or poor (high, average or low for traffic). When compared to the previous quarter, among the three singlefamily components of the 55+ HMI, present sales fell nine points to 70, expected sales for the next six months rose seven points to 80 and traffic of prospective buyers stayed even at 51. Meanwhile, the 55+ multifamily condo HMI increased 10 points to 64, which is the highest reading since the inception of the index in 2008. All three components posted record highs as well: Present sales rose eight points to 67, expected sales for the next six months increased 10 points to 70 and traffic of prospective buyers jumped 15 points to 55. Three of the four components of the 55+ multifamily rental market went down from the previous quarter: Present production declined three points to 59, expected future production fell four points to 57 and present demand for existing units decreased three points to 68, while future expected demand edged up one point to 68. “The decline in the 55+ singlefamily HMI is consistent with slight softening of other measures of single-family construction seen recently, likely due to winter weather effects, which may be affecting housing activity in some areas of the country,” said NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz. “However, market conditions overall remain favorable, and we expect gradual continued growth in the 55+ housing sector.”
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With the US-China trade war looking increasingly ominous, two questions are on the minds of many: do trade deficits matter and which side has more to lose? Economists of almost all stripes agree that trade is good, that trade deficits don’t really matter, that the nation that imposes tariffs hurts itself, and that if it faces retaliation, the harm is made worse. That said, why is Trump threatening steep tariffs on Chinese imports? That relates to the second question: China has much more to lose economically in an all-out trade war than the US. But that is not the end of the story. Chinese exports to the US totaled $500 billion in 2017, 4% of its GDP. Our exports to China were just $130 billion, or 0.7% of our GDP. Moreover, US exports to China are not so easily replaced. China can easily stop buying planes from Boeing and instead buy them from Airbus, but then China has no leverage. And while China can stop buying soybeans or oil from the US, those markets are global, and the impacts would be minimal. China could conceivably sell US Treasuries that they hold, but, at a minimum, that would push up China’s currency, which would, in turn, hurt exports, and might plunge the US into a recession, further slowing exports. Finally, if China retaliates against US firms, global manufacturers might no longer consider China as a safe place from which to sell to the US. The resulting loss of foreign investment would hurt Chinese productivity growth and acquisition of foreign technology and industrial know-how. If economically everything looks to be in favor of the US, what’s the problem? Politics. And there, things are very different. If the economic leverage is with the US, the political leverage rests fully with China. Chinese leaders do not have to worry about elections, constituents, critical editorials, or Sunday morning talk shows. On the contrary, when China was angry at South Korea for placing a US-owned anti-missile defense system on their territory, China simply shut down a whole chain of South
Korean department stores and Chinese tourists stopped showing up in Seoul. And when China was mad at Japan, rioters attacked Japanese-owned factories and Chinese purchases of Toyotas and Nissans shriveled to nothing in remarkably short order. Now, the US is not Japan or South Korea, so things are much more complicated, but the Chinese are strategically ready. They are responding to our tariffs by, among other things, deliberately slapping import taxes on products made in states represented by key congressional Republicans, such as whiskey from Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky, and Harley Davidson motorcycles, since they come from Wisconsin, the home state of House Speaker Paul Ryan. China’s strategy is to get enough constituents, farmers and business leaders mad at enough Members of Congress in general and Republicans in particular to pressure Trump to back down. Domestically, there is simply no way China can be seen as folding under US pressure. On the contrary, President Xi faces pressure to project China as a world power. And true to form, the Chinese are quickly seeing and raising the tariff ante. As such, China is saying they will not back down, are prepared to suffer any financial costs, and are prepared to play a long game. For Trump to win under these conditions, he will have to be prepared to tolerate a great deal of political pain if his demands are not met, and convince the Chinese that his pain tolerance and endurance is greater than that of Beijing. My bet is that the Chinese either play to Trump’s ego and give him a series of symbolic but largely hollow victories, or that China makes concessions they have offered in the past, but (importantly) offer no timetable for implementation and skirt the core US complaints. That way Trump can claim he has won, but the status quo will essentially be maintained. And, in that case, the Chinese will have emerged victorious. Let the games begin.
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Parade of Homes Preview Party kicks off successful event
The 2018 Parade of Homes™ preview party on April 6 brought out over 800 industry professionals and special guests to Artcraft Estates. The preview is designed to give a first look to those most closely related to the industry and prior to the public opening. The night was clear and calm, a departure from the high winds we had experienced on previous nights. “I have to tell you that these builders did an outstanding job in the concept and design of the homes,” said President Edmundo Dena. “All of them have some very special features that will surely entice home buyers,” he continued. “We are so happy that our Parade is off to a great start.” The overall sentiment was echoed time after time. The ticketed guests were treated to some outstanding custom home designs with many extras. “What I really like about a Parade of Homes is the chance to see ideas and in particular the new trends,” said visitor Jim Morgan. Mr. Morgan was joined by his wife and friends. All liked different things from different builders. The preview party included beverages and music. El Paso DJ Services owner Mike Armstead said this preview party was one of his best. “I can tell by the crowd that they are really excited about what is being shown tonight. Great job!”
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NAHB analysis of the most recent Quarterly Sales by Price and Financing published by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that conventional loans accounted for 73.8% of new home sales in the first quarter of 2018, the highest share in a decade. Conventional loans financed over three-quarters of new home sales in the second quarter of 2008 before steadily falling and bottoming out at 57.3% in the third quarter of 2010. The share has steadily risen since then and has been above 71% each of the last seven quarters. FHA-loans financed 11.6% of new home sales during the first quarter of 2018, down from 12.5% in the prior quarter and from 14.8% in Q3 2017. Since its most recent peak in Q1 2016, the share of sales financed with FHA-backed mortgages has fallen 5.5 percentage points. Cash purchases accounted for 9,000 new home purchases, 5.2% of total new home sales. The aggregate 1.6% decline in the share of sales financed by FHA loans and cash was mostly due to the 1.6% rise in conventional mortgage market share. Census data and NAHB calculations show that new home sales backed by VA products rose 0.4 percentage point to 8.7% of the total. Market share has fallen four percentage points since reaching 12.7% in the wake of the Great Recession. VA loans backed just 2.4% of new home purchases during the housing boom, on average. The chart below illustrates how different types of financing are used in different economic environments. It is worth adopting some caution associated with the Census data as they are estimates based on sample statistics. The statistical error associated with the FHA, cash, and VA sales estimates from this data set are relatively high, meaning that although the data are presented as single numbers, the true values may be substantially different. Mindful of these limitations, over the long run the current FHA share is 60% less than its 28% share reached 2010 and almost back to the 10% average of 2002-2003. Although cash sales make up a small portion of new home sales, they constitute a larger share of
existing home sales. One-fifth of existing home transactions were all-cash sales in March 2018, according to estimates from the National Association of Realtors. Different sources of financing also serve distinct market segments, which is revealed in part by the median new home price associated with each. In the first quarter, the national median sales price of a new home was $328,000. Split by types of financing, the median prices of new homes financed with conventional loans, FHA loans, VA loans, and cash were $361,900, $255,000, $286,000, and $323,300, respectively.
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Bain Construction Scott Bain Bella Vista Custom Homes, Inc. Edgar Garcia BIC Homes Antonio Cervantes Blue Star Construction Carlos Villasana Bowling Construction Randy Bowling Carefree Homes Richard Aguilar Casas De Leon, LLC Nick Bombach Cisco Homes LLC Francisco Arroyos III Classic American Homes Priscilla Hernandez Crown Heritage Homes Lydia Mlouhi Cullers & Caldwell Builders John Cullers Cullers Homes Jason R. Cullers Dawco Home Builders Walter O. Lujan Deal 2 Deal Custom Homes Delton Deal Del Rio Engineering, Inc. Sal Masoud Diamond Homes, LLC Valerie Baquera Donald Ward Builder, Inc. Donald Ward E. Valencia Land Development LLC Eddie Valencia Edward's Homes, Inc. Eduardo Fernandez EPT Bella Custom Dream Homes Leti & Javier Navarette EPT Land Communities David Bogas Everest Homes Edmundo Dena, Jr. Fortune Custom Homes Javier Andrade Gaddy Construction Charles Gaddy GMF Custom Homes, LP Frank Torres Guel Construction Rudy Guel Hakes Brothers LLC Chris Hakes Hanson Asset Management, LP Russell Hanson Homes by Design Leslie Driggers Hoard Hunt Communities, LLC Kathy Parry ICON Custom Builder, LLC. Carlos Garcia Industrial Realty Group Incorporated Brent D. Harris JER Custom Homes, LLC Jorge E. Rodriguez Kayton Lee Residential, Inc. Brianna Barnes Lloyd Hamilton Contruction Lloyd Hamilton, III LMJ Construction Co., LLC Mike Lopez Loyalty Homes Gustavo Loy M A Builders & Design, LLC Mustafa Ali Metro Homes, Inc. Judith Arrunada, Fernando Torres Millennium Homes Dan Ruth Pacifica Homes, Inc. Juan Jose Vasquez Palo Verde Homes Edgar Montiel Pointe Homes Carlos Villalobos Porter Homes Albert Porter R.C. Baeza & Associates Robert C. Baeza R.E. Welch Contractor Gordon Welch Rassette Homes, Inc. Donald Rassette Santana Custom Homes Fernando Santana Southwest Land Development Serv. Doug Schwartz
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The Heritage Group David Bingham Trejo Construction Co. Juan Trejo Tropicana Building Corp. Bobby Bowling IV Tropicana Development Greg Bowling Tropicana Homes Randy Bowling Tropicana Properties Demetrio Jimenez Villagi Homes, LLC Kristi Eddings Will Harvey Development Will S. Harvey Winton/Flair/Accent Homes Herschel Stringfield
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Association hosts Young Designer Award challenge
The 2018 Young Designer Award contest wrapped up in late April as thirteen students submitted site plans and models of homes. The annual competition is for scholarship designed to give high school junior and seniors an opportunity to further their education. The association provides the students a problem which is designed to show how the student would build a home. They must provide a complete set of drawing including site plan, foundation, mechanical and electrical, as well as roof design. In addition, they must adhere to the needs of the customer, making sure that what the customer is looking for in a home is actually what is presented. “We have been doing the competition for years and each year we are pleased with the results,” said John Chaney, chairman of the event. “The students all perform well, given that this project takes all school year to do,” he continued. The schools represented include El Dorado High School in the Socorro District along with several schools from the El Paso Independent School District CTTE program. This year the scholarships will be presented on May 9 and then formally awarded once the student enrolls in a technical, college or University program. EPAB members judge the entries over a two day period. “I want you to know that these students are awesome, they have done some great work especially considering they are still in high school,” said EPAB President Edmundo Dena. Our thanks goes to Gus Loy, Edgar Montiel, Sergio Cuartas, and Edgar Lopez. Each took time to judge the work, each one showed praise for them. Our thanks go to instructors Luisa Valenzuela of El Dorado High School and Cecilia Orozco from EPISD CTTE.
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