AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoData Center Buildout: A Google campus under construction near Muskogee has neighbors complaining about noise and traffic, highlighting local resistance to a boom that is also supporting nonresidential construction. Housing Affordability: U.S. home prices are falling in some markets, but mortgage payments remain high. Housing and food together now take nearly half of household budgets, and affordability is a key issue in local races. Construction and Financing: Overall construction spending fell 1.9% in September, even as data-center investment helped lift nonresidential projects for a sixth straight month. Reported adjustable-rate mortgage averages ranged from about 6.4% to 7%, offering buyers little relief.
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