Plunkett's Real Estate & Construction Industry Almanac 2010

Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett Research provides analysis, statistics and other vital data on all major industry sectors, from InfoTech to Retailing to Banking and Nanotechnology. Plunkett's client list includes 10,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors, including Bloomberg and ThomsonReuters. Jack Plunkett is the author of numerous books, including The Next Boom: What you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025. This book won a 2011 gold medal in the Business Book Awards competition sponsored by Axiom and INC Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists. Plunkett received an Academic Book of the Year Award for his Plunkett’s Health Care Industry Almanac, and he was a regional finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards sponsored by Ernst & Young.

PLUNKETT'S REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2010 CONTENTS A Short Real Estate & Construction Industry Glossary xi Introduction 1 How To Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Real Estate & Construction Industry 7 1) Introduction to the Real Estate and Construction Industry 7 2) Subprime and Alt-A Mortgages/Foreclosures Burn Overburdened Homeowners 9 3) Mortgage Originations Fall/Online Competition Changes the Industry 11 4) Home Sales Rebound Slightly 12 5) Real Estate Goes Online 13 6) Internet-Based Home Sales and Cheap Commissions Rock Residential Brokers 14 7) Homes and Commercial Buildings Go Green 15 8) Prefabricated Housing Causes a Stir 17 9) Baby Boomers Become a Strong Influence in the Housing Market/Universal Design Catches On 17 10) Commercial Construction Is Down as Vacancies Soar 18 11) Commercial Mortgage Defaults and Foreclosures Rise 18 12) Real Estate Markets in China and India Heat Up 19 13) Mixed-Use Developments Go Vertical 20 14) Shopping Center Tenants Face Slow Sales/Store Closings Force Landlords to Become Creative 21 15) Lifestyle Centers and Super-Regional Malls Falter/Mall Glut Anticipated 22 16) Malls Morph to Stay Afloat 23 17) Apartment House Vacancy Rates Stabilize 24 18) Hotel Operators Challenged/Pod Rooms Grow in Popularity 24 19) New Urbanism and Traditional Neighborhood Development are Retro Trends 26 20) Megapolitans Will Define America of the Future/Mega-Regions Defined Internationally 26 21) Destination Club Membership Growth Is Checked 27 22) Remodeling Rebounds/Home Sizes Shrink 28 Chapter 2: Real Estate & Construction Industry Statistics 29 Real Estate & Construction Industry Overview 30 Value of U.S. Private Construction Put in Place: 2003-2009 31 Value of U.S. Public Construction Put in Place: 2003-2009 33 Estimates of the Total Housing Inventory for the U.S.: 2008-2009 34 Financial Assets and Liabilities of U.S. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): 2005-2009 35 Assets & Liabilities, U.S. Agency- & Government Sponsored Enterprise (GSE)-Backed Securities by Holder: 2005-2009 36 Commercial, Residential & Farm Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2005-2009 37 Commercial Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2005-2009 38 Home Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2005-2009 39 Farm Mortgages by Holder, U.S.: 2005-2009 40 New Privately-Owned Housing Starts, U.S.: 1980-2009 41 Homeownership Rates by Region, U.S.: 1995-2009 42 Homeownership Rates by Race & Ethnicity of Householder, U.S.: 2002-2009 43 Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder, U.S.: Selected Years, 1985-2009 44 Median & Average Sales Price of New Single Family Homes by Region, U.S.: 1985-2009 45 New Single Family Homes Sold by Region, U.S.: 1985-2009 46 New Single Family Homes Sold by Type of Financing, U.S.: 1988-2009 47 New Single Family Homes for Sale at End of Period, by Region, U.S.: 1985-2009 48 Placements of New Manufactured Homes, U.S.: 1995-2009 49 Price Deflator (Fisher) Index of New One-Family Houses Under Construction, U.S.: 1970- February 2010 50 Constant Quality (Laspeyres) Price Index of New One-Family Houses Under Construction, U.S.: 1970-February 2010 51 Constant Quality (Laspeyres) Price Index of New One-Family Houses Sold Including Value of Lot, U.S.: 1970-2009 52 Absorption Rates of U.S. Privately Financed, Nonsubsidized, Unfurnished Rental Apartments: 2003-3rd Quarter 2009 53 Absorption Rates of U.S. Condominium & Cooperative Apartments: 2003-3rd Quarter 2009 54 Rental & Homeowner Vacancy Rates by Area, U.S.: 1995-2009 55 U.S. Construction Industry Employment: 2004-2009 56 Miscellaneous Real Estate & Construction Industry Employment, U.S.: 2004-2009 57 Chapter 3: Important Real Estate & Construction Industry Contacts 58 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Chapter 4: THE REAL ESTATE 400: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 86 Industry List, With Codes 87 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 89 Alphabetical Index 100 Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 104 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 108 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 110 Index by Firms with International Operations 123 Individual Profiles on each of THE REAL ESTATE 400 126 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 562 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 564