May 19, 2025 – The AVP Pulse Index this month dropped 0.2% month-over-month, while increasing 3.6% year-over-year; and 9.1% over the past 36 months. The proprietary AVP Pulse Index – a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners and Rock Products – illustrates the health of the industry in one single trend line, using relevant data that is updated monthly…
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The Endlessness of Suburbia
There is a uniqueness to the landscape of modern American cities that is one of the envies of the world and has been emulated in many other countries: the suburb. Most don’t remember that the modern suburb is a relatively contemporary concept that did not appear until after World War II. The father of the modern suburb was Bill Levitt.…
Read MoreFirst Look – May 2025
TOP NEWS Patuxent and ChaneyPatuxent Companies and Chaney Enterprises announced a new partnership on the western portion of the Eastern Shore of Maryland as Pax-Shore Aggregates. With locations operated under the sites known as Bridgetown and Faulkner, the new partnership looks forward to supplying quality aggregates to the market. Rogers GroupRogers Group Inc. (RGI), the largest privately held construction aggregates…
Read MoreThe AVP Pulse Index for April
April 23, 2025 – The AVP Pulse Index this month rose 0.8% month-over-month, while increasing 2.6% year-over-year; and 11.1% over the past 36 months. The proprietary AVP Pulse Index – a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners and Rock Products – illustrates the health of the industry in one single trend line, using relevant data that is updated monthly…
Read MoreThe AVP Pulse Index for March
March 27, 2025 – The AVP Pulse Index this month dropped 2.2% month-over-month, while increasing 4.2% year-over-year; and 10.5% over the past 36 months. The proprietary AVP Pulse Index – a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners and Rock Products – illustrates the health of the industry in one single trend line, using relevant data that is updated monthly…
Read MoreTHE PULSE – April 2025
THE PULSE: CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MARKET ANALYSIS PIERRE VILLERE’S MARKET ASSESSMENTWhile sinking consumer sentiment has been widely reported since January in the face of rapid changes to our economy caused by new policies from Trump administration, the actual economic indicators look far worse, with almost every one of our algorithm inputs down since last month. It is a stunning reversal of…
Read MoreFirst Look – March 2025
TOP NEWS CemexCemex reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2024 results, with net income of $939 million, a record in the company’s recent history. Net sales decreased by 1% to $16,200 million in 2024 and remained flat at $3,811 million in the fourth quarter. Cemex’s operations in the United States reported sales of $5,194 million in 2024, a decrease of…
Read MoreThe AVP Pulse Index for February
Feb. 17, 2025 – The AVP Pulse Index this month rose 1.5% month-over-month, while increasing 5.6% year-over-year; and 12.9% over the past 36 months. The proprietary AVP Pulse Index – a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners and Rock Products – illustrates the health of the industry in one single trend line, using relevant data that is updated monthly…
Read MoreThe AVP Pulse Index for January
Jan. 20, 2025 – The AVP Pulse Index this month dropped 0.1% month-over-month, while increasing 5.9% year-over-year; and 11.4% over the past 36 months. The proprietary AVP Pulse Index – a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners and Rock Products – illustrates the health of the industry in one single trend line, using relevant data that is updated monthly…
Read MoreThe Office Comeback
As I have written many times before, the last lingering symptom of the COVID-19 Pandemic is really its legacy: shifting the culture of work from the traditional office setting to working from home. But the statistics really don’t bear out this trend except in certain markets, and slowly but surely, the Return-To-Office (RTO) movement is starting to take hold. The…
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