Residential construction is bright spot in jobs report, but more workers start to stay home

The residential construction sector is pumping the brakes, judging by April's jobs numbers, despite the strong demand for homes......»»

Amid the carnage of the U.S. employment report for April was one bright spot: superstores led by Walmart Inc , the world's largest retailer, added more than 90,000 jobs......»»

PBN checked in with local law firms specializing in real estate and construction law to see how their firm is adjusting to the stay-at-home orders and what their clients need to know in regards to COVID-19......»»

Weather has had a big impact on housing starts activity in recent months, but the COVID-19 outbreak will soon start affecting the U.S. real-estate market......»»

Weather has had a big impact on housing starts activity in recent months, but the COVID-19 outbreak will soon start affecting the U.S. real-estate market......»»

The Albany metro area continues to be the bright spot in upstate New York's economy, adding 4,800 private sector jobs over the past year. The biggest growth was in the natural resources, mining and construction industries, adding 2,400 jobs. The in.....»»

Several companies in the San Francisco Bay Area have shifted to a policy of encouraging their employees to stay out of the office and work from home. Late Wednesday, Microsoft put out the word that workers in both its Silicon Valley offices and it.....»»

CNBC's Jim Cramer says October's jobs report helped close the lid on recession fears, gives a preview of the week ahead in earnings, breaks down the rally in the home construction sector and targets analysts he says misjudged GrubHub......»»

It’s not clear whether the industry group’s sentiment tracker is still a good early read on the pace of residential construction......»»

Sales of newly-constructed homes fell but sales figures from earlier months were found to be much higher, painting a drastically different picture of the residential construction landscape than earlier narratives......»»

The company will continue employing 204 workers in Arizona, with plans to add a new office in Mesa......»»

Residential construction firms turned slightly less confident in June as tariffs on lumber bit into bottom lines despite sturdy demand......»»

Residential construction firms turned slightly less confident in June as tariffs on lumber bit into bottom lines despite sturdy demand......»»

Local companies that used to rely on expats are struggling to fill the government’s new quotas with qualified employees, given the large number of jobs Saudis refuse to do. Among the creative solutions: Saudi workers who are paid to stay home......»»

It’s boom times for construction hiring, which has just completed its second-strongest five-year stretch of hiring on record, yet more workers are needed, and employers are willing to pay up......»»

A measure of sentiment among residential construction firms rose slightly, reflecting solid macro fundamentals, but builders are still struggling to build homes for the more affordable segments of the market......»»

Builders broke ground on more homes in November, a surprising development given recent levels of new-home inventory......»»

China has been Tesla's second largest market, as the prominence of EVs across the Asian country has been the sole bright spot in an auto industry that stagnated and recessed heading into the start of 2019. But according to a report by Daily Kanban c.....»»

The O'Hare 21 modernization program could create nearly 100,000 jobs by 2033 and generate more than $2 in economic return for every dollar invested, a recent report found......»»

Less than 4% of Massachusetts workers are in construction, and a small fraction work in real estate, yet they’re responsible for all the new projects on the skyline. Here’s a breakdown of the highest-paid and the most common jobs in those industries......»»