 since March 2020, and an imbalance in imports and exports had created a shipping container shortage in China.
A major source of material demand—and strain on supply lines—is the housing market, which is still running hot. Interest rates remain low, demographics hold strong, and buyers are looking for a change, acting on many of the same wants and needs that led other households to remodel.
In some cases, according to Dean, builders have asked buyers to pick out their new-home appliances within seven days of the contract signing, in the hopes that they will arrive by the time the home is closed months later. In others, according to NAHB’s Paul Emrath, a builder may sell a house without including certain appliances, instead leaving it to the homeowner to supply them.
Another concern is present and future lot availability. If a builder sells homes too quickly, they run the risk of “gapping out,” or selling out of their lot supply with little to fall back on for the future. As a result, a growing number of builders are limiting the pace of their sales, some to four or six per month, per subdivision. This is in an effort to keep supply steady, avoid pulling in future demand, and preserve the customer experience as much as possible.
Dean anticipates that 2020’s sales value represents a cycle peak and forecasts as much as a 10% decrease in year-over-year sales in 2021—not because demand will fall, but because builders do not have the lot or material capacity to deliver any more product. By 2022 or 2023, he expects a return to normal, or slightly below normal if demand has been pulled forward.
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Linus Gitahi @LGTwits is evidently a man on Top of his Game and his sense of Humour. There are few CEOs and Media Companies I can find that have that posted a Total Return of 66.66% in 2012 and subsequently have seen their Share Rally +13.574% in 2013 to a Record High. The Majority Owner the Aga Khan who set up the business in his early 20s must be more than satisfied.
The Appetite for News and Content in Kenya is off the charts. Whilst Old Media retains its popularity, New Media has already embarked on a Parabolic Growth Curve. Last Year Portland Communications put out a Report on Twitter Usage in Africa and Kenya ranked 2nd only to South Africa and emitted Tweets at twice the Speed of Egypt, which after all overthrew Mubarak in what was characterised in some places as a Social Media Driven Revolution.
@LGTwits did not mention that at the 1st Half Reporting Stage Nation's Digital Revenues increased +116% [ see share data and Earnings here ] and his Strategy for monetising Eyeballs looks extremely clever reference the Partnership with Diamond Trust Bank [Another Majority owned Aga Khan Enterprise] in launching the Hela Card which specifically targets the Diaspora.
The Arrival of the Information Century on Africa's shores has been a Spectacular Thing and has only just gotten going. To Many in other Parts of the World, Investors might well believe the Business is on steroids.
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You already did all of the right things.  Your (soon to be former) company sounds like a mess.  If it was in any kind of order you would be taken off site immediately or given paid leave for the remainder of your time - or ideally, he would be fired or disciplined.

And it makes perfect sense that he would scare you and seem abusive.  That behavior is fundamentally retaliatory.  He has stepped outside of widely acknowledged social business relationships, refused to be gently redirected, and now is basically a loose cannon.  It seems clear that you can't depend on your workplace to rein him in, and that is ultimately their loss.

And I agree with the person who said you might want to retain a lawyer.  If he does attempt to interfere in your new employment, you may have a case against him, and either way it makes it clear that you are serious about not putting up with harassment.

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