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Weather has contributed to a delay in many projects, which has pushed both the spring buy season as well as allowing logging in some regions of the...

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The spring selling season started with a bang. Many consumers on the sidelines have been enticed back to the market by deals provided by homebuilders.

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Join us for a virtual tour as we show Gregory Contracting our Roof Truss line. The technology on this line is something to geek out about!

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The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy committee raised the federal funds target rate by 25 basis points but indicated that it was moving to a more...

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Higher mortgage rates and home prices, as well as increased construction costs contributed to lackluster new home sales in February, but signs point...

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Kodiak Building Partners and Christensen Lumber Company announced Christensen’s 100th anniversary as a building materials business serving...

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The map illustrates the location of acquisitions, openings and closings in the hardware,  home center, lumberyard and building supply sectors.

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In a recent opinion piece in The New York Times, journalist Ezra Klein rings the alarm that the $1.6 trillion U.S. construction industry has not...

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NAHB has sent a letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in support of the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1), legislation that would repeal a section of...

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After four consecutive declines, the producer price index (PPI) for inputs to residential construction less energy (i.e., building materials) rose...

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Construction input prices expanded 0.4% in February compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of...

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With Spring and better weather ahead, the market will get steadily busier in the weeks ahead.

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