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Germany’s housing construction sector still caught in ‘pincer grip’
Modest uptick in permit approvals masks a more complex picture
Are construction equipment sales poised to bounce back in 2025?
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Off-Highway’s Chris Sleight talks to Construction Briefing about how the global construction equipment market is shaping up for 2025
UK and US continue interest rate cuts but sound caution on pace of reductions
Both the Federal Reserve in the US and the Bank of England have cut key interest rates but have sounded caution over the pace of further reductions.
PMI shows UK construction output rebounds and cost pressures jump
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The UK construction sector saw growth in September
Denmark delays construction of $30bn energy island
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Denmark is to delay the construction of a planned $29.8 billion North Sea ‘energy island’
With US rate cuts coming, is the North American equipment rental industry softening or solidifying?
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In an updated forecast, North America’s construction rental industry could be changing
ABC reports uptick in material and input pricing for US market
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ABC reported a modest uptick in materials and input pricing in the US construction industry and predicted a rate-cut for September
Despite materials price surge, US contractors remain confident
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Material prices surge in April but contractors are remaining positive
US construction industry’s 3 biggest worries for 2024
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Progress in the US construction industry this year could come with caveats, as contractors across the country prepare for a changing market that may bring both headwinds and tailwinds
ABC’s ‘Backlog Indicator’ up, material prices down
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US-based Associated Builders and Contractors reports decreases in commodity prices along with an increase in backlog
What can construction equipment OEMs expect in 2024?
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A look at three concerns for equipment manufacturers going into the New Year
How much are construction business failures increasing and why?
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Governments in several countries around the world are coming under pressure to intervene to help crisis-hit construction businesses as a wave of insolvencies claims a growing number of high-profile contractors.
How are rising interest rates affecting equipment finance?
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Interest rates drive costs up for equipment buyers
Housebuilders list 6 reasons for housing affordability crisis (and 4 ways to fix it)
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A European-wide group of housebuilders and developers has pinpointed six chief causes for the housing affordability crisis that is gripping some of the world’s biggest economies.
What’s behind the biggest rise in US home construction starts in 30 years?
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The number of single-family homebuilding projects breaking ground rose to the highest level in more than three decades in May, according to official figures released earlier this week.