Datamonitor's Homebuilding in the United States industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the homebuilding industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, demographic information, and descriptions of the leading companies.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and leading companies

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

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* Spot future trends and developments

* Inform your business decisions

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* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The homebuilding industry comprises residential construction, such as apartment blocks, housing estates and individual home developments, as well as prefabricated houses and semi-fixed manufactured homes. Any currency conversions used in this report have been calculated using constant 2005 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report, Europe includes France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, and Hungary.

Asia-Pacific includes Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia, and Taiwan.

The global industry comprises Asia-Pacific, Europe, United States and Canada.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Competitive Landscape 12
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 13
6.1 D.R. Horton, Inc. 13
6.2 Centex Corporation 13
6.3 Pulte Homes, Inc 14
6.4 Lennar Corporation 14
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 15
7.1 Market Value Forecast 15
CHAPTER 8 Demographics 16

CHAPTER 9 Further Reading 17
9.1 Sources 17
9.2 Related Datamonitor Research 17

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States Homebuilding Industry Value: $ billion, 2000-2004 9
Table 2: United States Homebuilding Industry Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2004 10
Table 3: United States Homebuilding Industry Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2004 11
Table 4: United States Homebuilding Industry Value Forecast: $ billion, 2004-2009 15
Table 5: United States Size of Population (million) , 2000-2004 16
Table 6: United States GDP (1995=100), 2000-2004 16
Table 7: United States Inflation, 2000-2004 16


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