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Architecture Firm Billings Continue to Improve in Northeast, Weaken in West11-11-09 | News

Architecture Firm Billings Continue to Improve in Northeast, Weaken in West




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By sector, firms with a commercial/industrial and institutional specialization continue to report the weakest business conditions. Photo Courtesy of AIA

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Business conditions remain weak in all regions of the country, with firms in the West reporting the slowest conditions for the third month in a row. While a higher share of firms in the Northeast are reporting improving billings than they did several months ago, the score remains below 50. This indicates that firms with declining billings still outweigh those reporting improving billings.

Firms with a residential specialization reported their highest score in more than two and a half years in September, as the demand for housing finally seems to be rebounding. This great news will take about a year to translate to landscapes for residential. ?EUR??,,????'?????<
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