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rest of their post-downturn
history. It’s possible that
the 2013-2016 growth in the
incidence of these larger scale
projects represented in part a
backlog of jobs put off during
the downturn that has now
largely been worked off. In
contrast, the percentage of
remodelers reporting window
and door replacement as a
common project has been
declining over a longer
period and has now reached
its lowest point since the
inception of NAHB’s RMI survey
in 2001. Although the survey
percent the previous year), room additions were doesn’t explain why, we note
down eight points (from 37 percent), and window that NAHB’s remodelers face competition in this
and door replacements were down six points space from some manufacturers of replacement
(from 36 percent in 2016). windows who perform their own installations—a
Although the whole house remodeling and room factor not affecting the other types of remodeling
addition percentages were down year-over-year, listed in the survey.
they remain relatively strong compared to the NAHB MAY 2018
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