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Remodeling in 2017:

Baths Reclaim Top

Spot from Kitchen

May is National Home Remodeling Month.
Following the tradition established in recent
years, the month’s first related post covers the
most common types of remodeling projects
performed by NAHB Remodelers during the
previous calendar year. Results come from a
special question on NAHB’s Remodeling Market
Index (RMI) survey for the first quarter of 2018.
The results show kitchen and bathroom
remodeling continuing to duel for the top
spot. In the latest survey, 81 percent of NAHB’s
remodelers cited bathrooms as one of
their most common projects in 2017, slightly
higher than the 78 percent who cited kitchen
remodeling. Previously, bathrooms had edged
out kitchens in 2014 and 2015. Kitchens then
slid to the top in 2016 before the two switched
positions again in the most recent numbers.
As in previous years, other remodeling jobs on
the list in 2017 trailed baths and kitchens by a
substantial margin. The second tier included
whole house remodeling (cited as a common
project by 49 percent of remodelers), room
additions (37 percent), and window or door
replacement (30 percent).
While the common project percentages
have remained relatively stable at the top
for bathroom and kitchen remodeling—each
hovering right around 80 percent for the past
several years—the percentages for the second-
tier remodeling jobs are down noticeably from
recent peaks. In 2017, whole house remodeling
declined by 4 percentage points (from 53

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