March 2016 - Rochester Area Builders, Inc

A&A Electric & Underground, Inc. + AB Systems, Inc. + Abbco Company + ABC Supply Company, Inc. - Rochester + Above All Roofing of Rochester, Inc. + Accord Electric, Inc. + Action
Plumbing, Heating & A/C + Adair Electric Company + Adamson Motors + Advanced Builders & Remodeling + Advanced Builders, LLC + Advanced Building Center, Inc. + Advanced
Disposal + Advantage Cabinets, Inc. + Ag Services, Inc. + Alexander & Sons Builders + All Craft Exteriors, LLC + Mike Allen Homes, LLC + Allied Building Products + All-Star
Basements + Altra Federal Credit Union + American Engineering Testing, Inc. + American Fence Company of MN, LLC + American Waterworks + Ames Construction, Inc. + Amirco,
LLC + Andersen Windows, Inc. + Anderson Construction + Appliance Village Company + Arcon Land, LLC + Arrow Building Center + Associated Bank + Athelon Enterprises, LLC +
B&C Plumbing & Heating, Inc. + BARK.L Consulting Engineers dba Abacus Engineering + Al Barker Custom Homes, Inc. + Barrier Free Access, Inc. + Basement Water Control + Batzel
Builders, Inc. + BDS Contract Door & Hardware Co. + Beckley's Office Products + Beetles Bar & Grill, Inc. + Alvin E. Benike, Inc. + Scott Berberich Construction, LLC + Scott Berg
Construction, LLC + Beyond Kitchens, LLC + Bigelow & Lennon Construction, LLC + Bigelow Homes + K.W. Billman, Inc. + Blooming Prairie EDA + The Blue Book of Building & Construction + Bobcat of Rochester + Bob's Construction, Inc. + The Boldt Company + Bolton & Menk, Inc. + Bouquet Builders, Inc. + Brandl Anderson Homes, Inc. + Brandrup Builders +
Brauer Roofing, Inc. + Braun Intertec Corporation + Brekke Fireplace Shoppe + Bremer Bank + Brennan Companies + Bricewood, LLC + Briese Iron Works, Inc. + Bright Ideas +
Brinkman Builders, LLC + Brock White Company + Tom Brogan Heating & Air Conditioning + Brooks Excavating Company, Inc. + Bruce Bucknell Construction, Inc. + Budget Blinds +
Burdick Builders, Inc. + Byrne Electric, Inc. + Cachiaras Building & Remodeling + Cambria + Carpet One + CarpetsPlus of Rochester + Centurion Ridge, LLC + Charter Communications/Media + Chatfield Lumber Company, Inc. + Chladek Construction, LLC + Chosen Valley Testing, Inc. + Christian Brothers Cabinets + CHS, Inc. + City Auto Glass + City of Byron
+ City of Chatfield + City of Eyota + City of Preston + City of Spring Valley + Citywide Insulation, Inc. + Claremont EDA + Clarey's Safety Equipment + Clayton Thomas Blinds of
Rochester + Clear Channel Radio (Laser/Fox/KFAN) + Clements Chevrolet Cadillac Subaru + CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP + Coldwell Banker Burnet + Commercial Leasing Services +
Consolidated Communications, Inc. + Construction Partnership, Inc. + Coordinated Business Systems, Ltd. + Corban Homes, LLC + Cordes Construction + Cornerstone Builders &
Real Estate, Inc. + Cornerstone Designs of Rochester, Inc. + Corporate Web Services, Inc. + Counselor Realty of Rochester, Inc. + Countryside Builders, LLC + Cravath Homes, LLC,
dba Accessibility Solutions + Creative Curb Appeal + Creative Hardwood Floors + Crescent Electric Supply Company + CRW architecture + design group, inc. + Culligan of Rochester
& Kasson + Curry's Custom Cut Gutter, LLC + Curtin Drywall, Inc. + Custom Alarm / CCI + Custom Homes by Bradley, Inc. + Custom Retaining Walls & Landscaping, Inc. + D2E, LLC
+ Dahl Home Builders, Inc. + Dakota Supply Group, Inc. + Data-Smart Computers, Inc. + DeGeus Tile & Granite + Derby Construction LLC + The Design Connection + Design Studio
B + Destination Building Center + Destination Flooring Rochester, LLC + DeWitz Home Builders, Inc. + Diamond Vogel Paints + DiNicola & Pestka Appraisals + Distinguished Homes
by Mitch Hagen, LLC + DMC Plumbing & Heating, Inc. + Dodge County EDA + Dolan's Landscape Center, Inc. + DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen + Dunham Associates, Inc. + Dunlap &
Seeger PA + JE Dunn Construction + Dura-Oak Kitchen Make Overs + Dynamic Masonry Products, LLC + eci, llc + Eckert Construction, Inc. + ECSI System Integrators + Edel Construction, LLC + Edina Realty Home Services + Todd Eidem Construction, Inc. + Elcor Construction, Inc. + Elcor Realty of Rochester, Inc. + Electrical Solutions & Service + Elgin Economic
Development Authority + Elias Construction, LLC + Elsmore Plumbing, LLC + Emergent Networks + Energy Panel Structures + Energy Products & Design, Inc. + EOJohnson Business
Technologies + ERH Developing, Inc. + Excel Homes + The Excelsior Group, LLC + Exclusive Home Builders & Remodelers + Expert Insulation, Inc. + Express Employment Professionals + Extreme Panel Technologies, Inc. + F&M Community Bank + Fat Willy's Bar & Grill + Ferguson Enterprises + Fieldstone Family Homes, Inc. + Final Cut Construction + First
Alliance Credit Union + First Choice Homes, LLC + First General Services of SE MN + First Security Bank + R. Fleming Construction, Inc. + FloCore + Ford Metro Glass, Inc. + Foster
Construction, Inc. + Franklin Energy + Frattalone Companies, Inc. + Chris Fritsch Custom Homes, LLC + Gander Plumbing & Heating, Inc. + Dale Gathje Construction, Inc. + Steve
Gentry Construction, LLC + Gerhards - The Kitchen & Bath Store + Robert Gill Builder, Inc. + Goodin Company + GP Development, Inc. + Great River Overhead Door + Green Lawncare
Irrigation & Service Co. + Gulfeagle Supply + Habitat for Humanity - Rochester Area + Haley Comfort Systems + W.L. Hall Company + Hallmark Building Supplies, Inc. + Hamilton
Plumbing & Heating, LLC + Hammer Homes, Inc. + Hanson Construction & Specialty Cabinets, LLC + Harmony Economic Development Authority + Hartman Complete Lawncare, LLC +
Hayfield Window & Door Company + HDR Architecture + Heartland Security + Heartman Insurance + Heartwood Homes of Rochester, Inc. + Brandon Henderson's Construction Plus,
LLC + Hentges Glass Company + HGA Architects and Engineers + Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc. + Hicks Electric, Inc. + Higgins Custom Cabinetry + High Definition
Homes, LLC + Hiller's Flooring America + HiMEC at Home + Jeff Hinkle Custom Homes, Inc. + Hirshfield's Decorating Center + The Home Depot + Home Federal Savings Bank +
Home Improvement Professionals, Inc. + Home Systems Installation, LLC + HomePro Home Inspections, Inc. + Hunt Electric Corporation + Hutch's Custom Cabinets + Int'l Brthrhd of
Electrical Wrkrs Local 343 + Innovative Surfaces, Inc. + Insty Prints + IntegraSpec Central/Jeff Mueller Construction + Interiors by J.Curry, LLC + J&M Consulting + Michael Jack,
LLC + James Hardie Building Products + JC Custom Homes, LLC + JNS Builders, LLC + J.P.
Johnson Custom Builders, Inc. + JP's Construction Remodeling & Repair,
& Electrical
+
Kahler
Hospitality Group + Tom Kalmes Construction, Inc. + M.P. Kaye, LLC +
Inc. + K&M Glass Company + K&S Heating, A/C, Plumbing
Kimley-Horn & Associates,
Inc. + King's Flooring, LLC + Kirkland Enterprises, LLC + The Kitchen
Keller Williams Premier Realty + Key Builders, Inc. +
Design Studio + Kitchens Plus + Gary Kline Roofing,
Inc.
+
Knutson
Construction Services + Koball's Poured Walls, Inc. + Kraus-Anderson
+
Kruger Electric,
Inc. + Kruse Lumber + KTTC/KXLT-TV + Kuehn Motor Company, Inc. +
Construction Company + Kreofsky Building Supplies
Kuntz Electric, Inc. + Kwik Trip, Inc. + Lacina
Siding & Windows,
Inc. + Laitala Tile Company + Lake City EDA + Larkin Hoffman Daly &
Siding
&
Windows + Legends Concrete, Inc. + Leitzen Concrete Products, Inc. +
Lindgren + Larsen Industries, Inc. + Larson
Leyendecker
Homebuilders, LLC + Lodermeier's, Inc. + Low Voltage Contractors +
Lewiston Economic Development Authority +
Remodeling + Maas Companies, Inc. + Maier Tree & Lawn + Majestic Homes, Inc.
Lowe's Home Improvement + Luxury Bath
Manufacturer's Bank & Trust + Maplewood Homes, LLC + Markham Homes, LLC
+ R.J. Manemann Custom Homes +
+
Massey Land Surveying & Engineering + Master Builders, Inc. + Mavo
+ markit + Marvin Windows & Doors
Systems, Inc.
+
McGough
Construction + MDH, Inc. + Meadow Lakes Builders + MEC Construction, LLC + Med City Builders of
Rochester, LLC + Menards - South + MEP Associates + Merchants Bank
+ Merit Contracting, Inc. +
Meyer Borgman Johnson, Inc. + Michael's Custom Cabinets, Inc. +
Minnesota Building Contractors + Minnesota Energy Resources CorporaMidwest Walls, LLC
+
tion + Minnwest Bank
+ MLT Group + Morris Concrete, Inc. + Larry Newman Drywall + North
Central
States
Regional Council + North Risk Partners, C.O. Brown Division + North Star
Stone & Masonry +
Northern Lights & Furnishings + Northgate Chiropractic Clinic + Nuss
Truck
&
Equipment + Ohly Law Office + Olmsted County Planning Dept, Insp. Div.
+
Olmsted
County Public Health + Olmsted National Bank + On Site Companies +
O t i s
Custom Homes, LLC + Overhead Door Company of Olmsted County +
Owner's
Plumbing, Inc. + Oxi-Fresh Carpet Cleaning + Paape Energy
vices + Pace International + Pahl & Kaye, Inc. + Palmer
Serderberg, Inc. + Paramark Corporation + PC Applications
SoConsultants, Inc. + Pearson Builders, Inc. + Pebble
Creek/Western Walls + Pegram & Dexter Construction &
Design + Pella Windows & Doors + Pendle Hansen
Bagne Insurance + Penz Custom Homes, Inc. +
People's Energy Cooperative + Peterson Well
Drilling, Inc. + Phantom Screens + Pine
Island EDA + Pine Island Lumber +
Pompeii Painting, Inc. + Post-Bulletin
Company, LLC + PowerLift Doors by
French Mfg, Inc. + Powers Ventures +
Precision Signs + Prehn Building Sales,
Inc.
+
Premier Bank Rochester
+
Premier Builders of Rochester, Inc. + Prime
T i m e
Painting of Rochester, LLC + PrimeLending
+ Priority Claims Service + Pro Image Promotions &
Apparel + Professional Education Resources, LLC +
Proscape of Rochester, LLC + Quality Overhead Door
Company, Inc. + Quality Siding & Window, Inc. +
Michael Quinn Law Office + R&M Development Company + Radcliffe Homes & Remodeling + Range Custom
Homes, LLC + RCON Homes, Inc. + RCTC Carpentry
Program + RE/MAX Results + Region Millworks, Inc. +
David Reiland Building Contractor, LLC + Reliable
Contractors, Inc. + Reynolds
Design and Construction + Rochester
Area Appraisals, LLC + Rochester Area Chamber of
Commerce + Rochester Area
Econ. Development, Inc. (RAEDI)
+
Rochester Area Foundation + Rochester Asphalt, Inc. +
Rochester
Building
Safety
Department
+
Rochester Concrete
Products, LLC + Rochester Plumbing & Heating/Roto
Rooter + Rochester Public
Utilities + Rochester Public Works +
Rochester Ready Mix Concrete Co + Rochester Sign
Service, Inc. + Rochester Title
& Escrow Company, Inc. + Ronningen
Roofing, Inc. + Rory's Home Improvement, LLC + RSM
US LLP + RSP Architects +
Ryan & Grinde, Ltd. + Ryan Electric, Inc.
+ Ryan Windows & Siding, Inc. + Rymark Construction,
LLC + S&S Overhead Door, Inc.
+ Sargent's Landscape Nursery, Inc. +
Schad Tracy Signs, Inc. + Schmidt Goodman Office
Products + Schoeppner, Inc. +
Schwickert's Tecta America, LLC
+
Seavey Builders, Inc. + SEH, Inc. + Dan Severson
Builders, Inc.
+
Shanahan
Building & Remodeling, LLC + Sign Here,
Inc. + Simonson Builders, LLC + SL Contracting +
Smart Home Innovations &
Engineering, Inc. + Smart-HR + Smith
Schafer & Associates, Ltd. + Solar Connection, Inc. +
SOLO plumbing & ResSprinklers, LLC + Somerby Golf Community +
Space Concepts, Inc. + Spahn & Rose Lumber Company
+ Greg Speedling Contracting,
Inc. + Spring Grove EDA + Spring Valley
Overhead Door, Inc. + St. Charles EDA + Stadsvold's
Lawn & Landscape + Stantec
+ Steel Constructors, Inc. + Sterling
State Bank + Stevens Heating, Inc. + Stewartville
Economic Development Authority + Stier Construction, Inc. + Stimets
Home Building & Remodeling + Stone Expressions +
StoneBridge Builders
+
Struve's Paint and Decorating + Robert
G. Suk Law Office, PA + Summit Custom Homes, LLC +
Summit Fire Protection Company + Superior Mechanical + Craig
Swanson Builders, Inc. + Swenke Ims Contracting, LLC +
Kenny Sylvester Construction,
LLC + Synergy Products + Tag's Drywall,
Inc. + Tamarack Materials, Inc. + Thatcher Pools & Spas,
Inc. + Thiemann Construction,
Inc. + Thimijan Custom Homes, LLC +
Think Mutual Bank + Thomas Tool & Supply + Thompson's Garage Door and Openers
+ Tile Superstore & More + TLS
Companies, LLC + Tonna Mechanical, Inc. + Top Shop of
Rochester, Inc. + Total Electric
of Rochester, Inc. + Townsquare Media Rochester +
Tradesmen International, Inc. +
Traditional Wood Builders + Tri Star Insulation + Tri State
Insulated Concrete Forms
+
TSP Architects & Engineers + Tub MD, LLC + Turri Crane
Service, Inc. + Turtle Creek
Construction, Inc. + Ultimate Surfaces + United Rentals
+ The Urban Studio, LLC + US
Bank + Valor Mechanical, Inc. + Val-U-Blinds + Vector
Windows + Veit Companies +
Vennehjem Building Corporation
+
Vertical Limit
Construction + Viking Automatic Sprinkler Company + Viking Electric Supply + Vision
Homes & Remodeling, LLC +
WA Insurance + Warners' Stellian Appliance Co., Inc. +
Waste Management + Wausau
Homes + Wausau Supply + Weis Builders, Inc. + Greg
Wellik Construction + Wells
Concrete + Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota NA + Wells
Home Mortgage + Wells
Fargo Private Mortgage Banking + Wendland Utz +
a publication of Fargo
Werner Electric Supply + West
Bank + West Concord EDA + Jim Whiting Nursery &
Garden Center, Inc. + WHKS &
Company + Widseth Smith Nolting + Wildwood
Sports Bar and Grill + Wilson Tibor & Maves, Ltd. + Wintrust Mortgage + Women Communications, LLC + Workforce Development, Inc. + Wright Homes, Inc. + WSB & Associates,
Inc. + WT Lighting + Xcel Energy + XRG Concepts, LLC + Rick Yerhot Builder + Your Home Improvement Company + Zen Custom Homes + Zumbro Haven, LLC = RAB
MARCH
2016
F O U N D AT I O N S
Rochester Area Builders, Inc.
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News from The President
February 19, 2016
The first week of February we had the
Rochester Area Builder’s Home Show, and
from walking around talking to a lot of you, it
sounded like it was a great success for many!
Move in this year was the easiest move in by far
in all the years that I have been a committee
member and exhibitor. Companies with
larger booths or booths that are built on site
were able to move in one day earlier which
kept the traffic congestion to a minimum.
Index
Studs, Struts & Stilettos........................... 2
News from the President.......................... 3
Association Scrapbook ............................ 4
February Networking Night....................... 5
RAB Award Winners...............................6-7
Member Marketing Opportunities
................................................................8-9
Association Scrapbook .................... 10-11
Building Permit Reports.......................... 14
Membership Information........................15
Elliot Eisenberg Article............................ 16
NAHB Member Discounts....................... 17
Doors and Windows Unhinged was a great success with a check
in the amount of $2,750 going to Habitat for Humanity and Brad
Hoffmann of Tradesmen International, Inc. winning the People’s
Choice Award.
Once Upon a Playhouse had a new location over in the Arena to
help draw traffic through the entire show. Next year will be the
10th Anniversary of Once Upon a Playhouse, so if you would like to
help or donate your time or any materials, be sure to let someone
in the RAB office know.
If you have any input on how the show went, good or bad, please
be sure to fill out the survey that has been sent out, or give your
information to me so I can pass it along to the committee. Your
opinion is highly valued and we can only make the show better if
we know what is and is not working.
Have a great rest of the month!
Executive Director/Editor
John Eischen
Production
Ryan Kling-Punt
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Christy Buchan, Energy Products & Design, Inc.
Karen Blissenbach, Design Studio B
Delbert Feenstra, Knutson Construction Services
Rick Dold, Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren
John Eckerman, The Boldt Company
Mike Allen, Mike Allen Homes, LLC
Mickey Elias, Elias Construction, LLC
Rob Jones, Superior Mechanical
Levi Kaiser, Alvin E. Benike, Inc.
Carla Kilpatrick, Home Federal Savings Bank
Jon Range, Range Construction, LLC
Brian Sheehan, Weis Builders, Inc.
Frank Streit, Premier Bank Rochester
Tom Leimer, Knutson Construction Services, Chair
Jason Snow, Brock White Company, Vice Chair
Jake Schleusner, Merit Contracting, Inc., Past Chair
Dana Hlebichuk, Widseth Smith Nolting, Chair
Jason Woodhouse, CRW architecture + design
group, inc., Chair
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Past President
Directors
Builders Exchange Council
Representatives
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service.
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David Kane, Widseth Smith Nolting, Rep.
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John McGuine, JM Consulting, Rep.
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David Pederson, Dunlap & Seeger
Dan Severson, Dan Severson Builders, Inc., Rep.
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Builder of the Year
Associate of the Year
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Cornerstone Award
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Spike Award
Denny Hanson Memorial Award
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President’s Award
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Rochester Building Permits
New Residential
Single Family Dwelling
2016
23
VALUATION
2015
VALUATION
6,670,495
21
5,767,212
Townhome Dwelling
2
450,000
0
0
Two-Family Houses
0
0
0
0
Multi-Family Bldgs
2
19,237,651
Manufactured Home
0
0
0
0
Existing Residential
January 2016
Single Family Homes/Townhomes
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20142015 2016
January
27
25
3
13
3
6
19
11
20
February
19
15
1
8
8
20
15
14
19
March
30
29
16
27
24
32
29
28
30
April
44
27
29
25
19
29
39
25
22
May
50
30
33
20
14
22
27
35
19
June
43
36
40
12
26
32
33
47
51
July
60
23
22
23
8
39
39
38
29
Deck Addition
2
13,300
0
0
Room Addition
1
20,553
0
0
August
43
28
26
15
18
38
21
60
33
September
33
28
33
10
19
22
22
23
27
Porch Additions
0
0
0
0
Other Additions
0
0
2
17,500
October
34
19
31
14
16
23
34
35
49
23
26
32
21
20
22
26
26
23
Basement Finish
18
255,620
24
312,750
November
Alterations
December
40
402,822
34
502,638
Multi-Family Addition
0
0
0
0
Multi-Family Alterations
2
8,900
4
17,100
Assembly (Church)
0
0
0
0
Assembly (General)
0
0
0
0
Assembly (Restaurant/Bar)
0
0
0
0
Business
1
910,000
1
300,000
Education
0
0
0
Factory/Industrial
0
0
Institution
0
Mercantile
Miscellaneous
Residential (Apartment)
TOTAL
11
16
15
12
16
14
22
27
42
417
302
281
200
191
299
326
369
364
25
25
*total may differ as permits may have been voided.
New Commercial
2016
VALUATION
NO.
2015
VALUATION
Building Permits
Issued to Date
125
47,599,836
140
15,965,803
0
Single Family Dwelling
23
6,670,495
21
5,767,212
0
0
0
0
0
Multi-Family Buildings
Total Units: 192
2
19,237,651
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Trade Permits
Issued to Date
570
11,383,752
518
5,019,643
171
7,090,563
152
1,472,607
Residential (Care/Assisted Living)
0
0
0
0
Electrical
Residential (Care/Hotel/Motel)
0
0
0
0
Electrical (Temp. Service)
14
13,450
15
2,150
164
1,858,120
155
2,299,317
25,405
29
21,705
Storage (General)
1
20,000
0
0
Mechanical
Storage (Parking Garage)
0
0
0
0
Gas Piping
41
Storage (Warehouse)
0
0
0
0
Fireplace
26
78,754
23
63,371
9
476,015
17
622,033
Utility (General)
0
0
0
0
Hydronic System
Utility (Private Garage)
0
0
0
0
Plumbing
145
1,841,445
127
538,460
Total Permits YTD
695
58,983,588
658
20,985,446
Existing Commercial
Addition
Alterations
1
205,000
2
3,051,159
13
18,880,888
27
5,166,739
Structural Shell
0
0
0
0
“White Box”
0
0
0
0
Interior Demolition Only
3
25,756
5
159,900
Other Phased Permits
0
0
1
425,000
Other Construction
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Year To Date Statistics
NO.
Business Signs
10
39,051
10
220,805
Advertising Sign
0
0
0
0
Footings & Foundations
2
400,000
1
25,000
Demolition
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New Residential
Single Family Detached
NUMBER
VALUATION
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150,000
2
5,000
Existing Residential
Basement Finish
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Vennehjem Building Corporation
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Extreme Panel Technologies, Inc.
Midwest Walls, LLC
Shanahan Building & Remodeling, LLC
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Chris Fritsch Custom Homes, LLC
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Thimijan Custom Homes, LLC
Al Barker Custom Homes, Inc.
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Peterson Well Drilling, Inc.
Gary Kline Roofing, Inc.
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2005
2004
2004
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2004
2003
2003
2000
1999
20 to 24 Years
Foster Construction, Inc.
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Bigelow & Lennon Construction, LLC
Tonna Mechanical, Inc.
Rochester Area Econ. Development,
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Bob's Construction, Inc.
Ford Metro Glass, Inc.
High Definition Homes, LLC
Bigelow Homes
Paramark Corporation
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Minnesota Energy Resources
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1986
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Economic Forecast for 2016 + + + + + + +
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Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Looking at 2016, the domestic economic landscape
looks solid, albeit unspectacular. The unemployment
rate should continue falling, house prices are likely
to rise by 5%, and the economy will be led almost
entirely by the continuing improvement in household
balance sheets, and in conjunction with increased
employment and slightly faster wage growth.
Government spending will be slightly higher in 2016
(but not enough to matter), capital expenditures by
firms will remain weak, and exports will continue to
suffer due to the strong US dollar. The most serious
domestic problem is weak inflation, and it should
begin to increase. Despite continuing poor global
economic growth, the American economy will not
weaken, but is also unlikely to strengthen much.
With this in mind, I expect full-year 2016 GDP to
come in at 2.4%, slightly higher than the expected
2.2% GDP growth experienced in 2015. New
housing starts should increase by about 12%, with
total starts coming in at 1.25 million. Single-family
starts will likely total 830,000, up from 710,000,
while multifamily starts should hit 410,000, up
from 400,000. New and existing home sales should
rise by about 4% and end the year at 6.0 million,
with mortgage purchase volume advancing by $60
billion and refinance activity falling by about $250
billion. Housing inventories should jump by about
150,000 units, to 5.5 months of inventory, up from
5.0 months now.
Given the continued improving labor market,
expect net new monthly job growth to average
185,000/month, which while down from 205,000/
month in 2015, is excellent given the shrinking
size of the working age population. As a result, the
unemployment rate should fall from 5.0% today to
between 4.6% and 4.8% by year end and possibly
lower, depending upon the behavior of the labor
force participation rate (LFPR). If the LFPR rises,
and that would be good, unemployment may end the
year as high as 4.8%, but if the LFPR continues to
fall, an unemployment rate of 4.6% or even 4.5%
is distinctly possible.
As for inflation, headline inflation will noticeably
increase while core inflation (which excludes food
and energy) edges up only slightly. Inflation should
rise because energy and commodity prices are not
likely to fall further and the dollar is unlikely to
continue strengthening. As a result, the downward
pressure these forces have exerted on headline
inflation will cease and headline inflation, now at
0.3%, should move towards the core rate which is
now at 1.3% and will probably rise to 1.7% by year
end, which is still below the Fed target of 2%. As
a result, the Federal Reserve will have the luxury
of time to slowly raise the federal funds rate from
where it is now, between 0.25% and 0.50%, to
between 1.00% and 1.25% by year end, with a rate
increase coming every three to four months.
As a result of slightly faster GDP growth and falling
unemployment in 2016, 10-year Treasuries will
end the year at 2.75% and 30-year mortgage rates
will probably hover around 4.5% as the yield curve
flattens due to faster rising short-term rates. But
slightly easing credit conditions and rising consumer
spending due to improving employment numbers
and wages will keep the economy and housing
market on track despite mildly higher interest rates.
Finally, I put the chances of a recession in 2016 at
15% to 20%. So look forward to steady economic
activity in 2016 and fear not slowly ascending
interest rates.
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