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Building Permit Data: Learning About Competitors

Another company has outbid you and you’re wondering why. Let’s see…both businesses are located in the same state, county, and city. You’ve actually been in business longer and you know the ins and outs specific to the job you just lost. The answer is available using building permit data analytics. New and Improved You aren’t […]

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Using Building Permit Reports to Grow Your Contracting Business

The second quarter of 2020 will be difficult for most contracting businesses, but it’s temporary: Tough times won’t last. Tough companies will. You can cultivate ways to grow your business while business is essentially on hold. Using building permit reports for construction data can generate a new-and-improved marketing strategy during difficult times. 3 Ways to Build Your

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New Homes Being Built: 3 Things You Can Learn

Single-family starter-home buyers are intimidated by price tags even though financing options and rates are at lows that haven’t been seen in a very long time. Is there a solution to the high costs of new home investment? Yes. You can learn more about new homes being built using construction data. Starter Homes May Be

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What Can I Learn from Building Permit Reports?

It’s difficult to think of any industry that isn’t impacted by housing starts and residential or commercial development. Business magazine Entrepreneur¹ says any organization that depends on a physical location needs to evaluate customer availability, accessibility, and proximity to other businesses/services. Building permit reports provide that information. Location, Location, Location Even internet-based companies target their audiences

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9 Things You Can Learn from Construction Spending

Data – information – is available to everyone. Even if you feel confident you know your business, its goals, and your industry, it’s difficult to know which information sources can deliver usable facts and figures. Construction data, including building permits information, is pertinent to our companies as well as our industry. But there’s another source of

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4 Ways to Use Building Permits

Few can predict the future, but economists try. U.S. economists watch building permit application trends very carefully. They review monthly statistics. Based on the number and types of building permits applied for by homeowners, land developers, and businesses, economists can reveal “economic indicators.” Let’s say you’re considering expanding your flooring business. There has been a marked

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Which Industries Can Benefit From Construction Data?

Construction data can tell you a lot about what’s happening and where—in new construction as well as renovations. For companies with related products as well as the contractors who get the job done, data derived from building permits provides a valuable perspective on the current status quo of construction and other associated work performed in

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Can Construction Data Help Your Swimming Pool Business?

If you search the Internet, you can find the information you need quickly. For example, there’s a report that details historic trends of the United States swimming pool industry through 2018. It’s obviously a very good report and it’s only slightly more than $750. For one data report through 2018. Remember 5-year plans? They were

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