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 and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

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

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

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

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

Why you should buy this report

* Spot future trends and developments

* Inform your business decisions

* Add weight to presentations and marketing materials

* 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 2006 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

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

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

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
Market Value 9
CHAPTER 2 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 4 Porter’s Competitive Analysis 12
4.1 Buyer Power 12
4.2 Supplier Power 13
4.3 New Entrants 14
4.4 Substitutes 15
4.5 Rivalry 16
CHAPTER 5 Leading Companies 17
5.1 Bechtel Group, Inc. 17
5.2 Centex Corporation 20
5.3 Fluor Corporation 23

CHAPTER 6 Market Forecasts 26
6.1 Market Value Forecast 26
CHAPTER 7 Macroeconomic Indicators 27
CHAPTER 8 Appendix 28
8.1 Methodology 28
8.2 Industry Associations 29
8.3 Related Datamonitor Research 29

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States Homebuilding Industry Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 9
Table 2: United States Homebuilding Industry Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 10
Table 3: United States Homebuilding Industry Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 4: The Impact of Buyer Power on the United States Homebuilding Industry, 2006 12
Table 5: The Impact of Supplier Power on the United States Homebuilding Industry, 2006 13
Table 6: The Impact of New Entrants on the United States Homebuilding Industry, 2006 14
Table 7: The Impact of Substitutes on the United States Homebuilding Industry,2006 15
Table 8: The Impact of Rivalry on the United States Homebuilding Industry, 2006 16
Table 9: Key Facts: Bechtel Group, Inc. 17
Table 10: Key Facts: Centex Corporation 20
Table 11: Key Financials: Centex Corporation 22
Table 12: Key Facts: Fluor Corporation 23
Table 13: Key Financials: Fluor Corporation 25
Table 14: United States Homebuilding Industry Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006-2011 26
Table 15: United States Size of Population (million) , 2002-2006 27
Table 16: United States GDP (1995=100), 2002-2006 27
Table 17: United States Inflation, 2002-2006 27