, US home prices are becoming a growing deterrent to consumers wishing to invest in major renovation or remodeling projects. Will do-it-yourself spending see a booston Wealth! to talk the interplay between the state of the US housing market and Americans' willingness to spend on home projects.
The home improvement retailer saw consumers cutting back their visits and spending less when they go.And for more, I'm joined by Abby Will, who is the senior research associate at the Joint Centre for Housing Studies of Harvard University.You think about results and the trend of what we're seeing from even companies like Lowe's coming out and talking about the DIY consumer.
And it is the the weakness in existing home sales that is is really a big factor in our our forecast for softer spending this year.You know, folks might might do some work in advance of putting their home on the market.So, like on average, a recent home buyer in the first several years after purchase are spending 30% more for home improvements than homeowners who've been in their homes for for for longer.
Does a pull back in some of the DIY projects signal to you perhaps where consumers or or or where potential home buyers are also saying, you know what, we're just gonna start to save up a little bit more instead of, you know, putting more into what we currently own right now, if we start to save up, then perhaps we'll be best positioned to capitalise on what's gonna be, uh, perhaps heavy bidding period once rates do become more favourable as well.
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