Data Watch: Barometer Q2 2017 2
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Erin Carlyle added this to Data Watch: Optimism Remains High Across Home Renovation Sectors
Landscape and outdoor specialty firms are most optimistic overall. Landscape and outdoor specialty firms received the highest Q2 barometer score of all the professional sectors surveyed: an impressive 78. That reflects a notable rise after a weakened score during the first quarter of 2017. Landscape and outdoor specialty firms include landscape architects, designers and contractors; outdoor replacement trades such as pavers; and outdoor product installers, manufacturers and resellers of items such as pools and spas.Meanwhile, building and renovation specialty companies also had a high score for the second quarter: 73. Building and renovation specialty firms include replacement contractors (for example, carpenters) and product installers, manufacturers and resellers (of cabinetry, for example).For both of these sectors, the scores during the second quarter of 2017 are in line with those for the same period one year earlier.