What’s happening to home improvement spending?

With inventory levels close to record lows, we suspect many frustrated home movers are instead choosing to improve their current home. We therefore place more faith in the BEA estimate of home improvement spending, which in contrast to the Census Bureau has reported continued growth. That said, a slowing economy and labour shortages mean growth is set to ease over the next year or so.

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