Construction and Real Estate

In 2020, the Canadian construction industry was negatively affected by overall economic downturn in the face of the global pandemic outbreak, causing lockdowns, closure of business activities and workers’ layoffs. Elevated microeconomic uncertainty ...

Restrictions on movement, changing consumer preferences and the heightened focus on safety triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are anticipated to alter the future of consumer mobility, urban planning and construction. The surge in homeworking, reduced...

The UK’s housing market has been contracting since the 2016 Brexit referendum, in 2019 reaching one of the weakest points since the financial crisis a decade ago. Prevailing uncertainties about microeconomic conditions after the country leaves the EU...

Robust economic expansion and population growth drove solid housing construction growth in 2019. The COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing lockdown in late 2019 and early 2020 left the construction sector stagnating. Construction sites in many regions of the...

In 2019, the US housing market saw robust growth in demand, supported by rising household incomes. Property prices were also on the rise, recording a 4% increase over 2018. Expanding demand and rising prices allowed real estate developers to see ...

The Italian housing market faced stagnation in 2018 and 2019, given persisting economic uncertainties, low consumer confidence and tight bank lending conditions. Despite a notable increase in public and private investment in renovation work, ...

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The Spanish housing market continued to flourish in 2019, despite rapidly rising property prices, owing to low interest rates, growing employment rates and rising household disposable incomes. Consumers remained optimistic about the future. A notable...

Despite Germany’s economic deceleration and mounting political uncertainties, climbing property prices, a crowded rental market and extremely low interest rates continued to contribute to a dynamic housing market during 2019. Housing price growth was...

Following robust expansion in the housing sector in 2017, the French construction industry recorded a contraction for two consecutive years, given the rapid rise in property prices and rising unemployment deterring consumers from real estate ...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak significantly disrupted manufacturing and service sectors as well as the global transportation system. This briefing examines how manufacturing, services and transportation industries are impacted by the ...

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