The number of households may or may not represent more than one person. People between the ages of 25 and 34 purchase the largest amount of direct material to either do the project themselves or have them professionally installed after buying them themselves. The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by the year 2020, fully 94.9 million people will be over the age of 55. Previously occupied homes account for 85 percent of all U.S. home sales. Home owners tend to remodel within 18 months to three years from the date of purchase.
Half are college graduates, while one in seven remodelers hold graduate degrees.
On average, the professional remodeler has been in business for 18 years, with approximately one-third having more than 20 years of expertise. Read this month's news briefs.