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Lower mortgage rates and limited existing inventory helped to push new home sales up in March, even as builders continue to grapple with increased...

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On April 4th, 2023, in the early morning hours, a warehouse in West Easton, PA, was consumed by a massive fire affecting multiple businesses...

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Housing’s share of the economy moved lower at the end of the first quarter of 2023. Overall GDP increased at a 1.1% annual rate, following a 2.6%...

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An off-site construction company with facilities in Modesto and Patterson is being dissolved, resulting in 138 workers losing their jobs.

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Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., a Canadian mass timber manufacturer with holdings in Arkansas, announced Monday (April 24) plans to sell the company...

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Forest products giant Weyerhaeuser reported first quarter 2023 sales dropped to $1.88 billion compared to first quarter 2022 sales of $3.1 billion.

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The top five most listened-to SBCA podcasts of Q1.

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Mills are still running at cost, but markets in the West are trending up as buyer activity increases.

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The monthly HomeSphere/BTIG survey for March revealed an improvement in business conditions for the third consecutive month. 

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Shipments of Southern Pine lumber recorded an increase from the previous year in 2022 for the 13th consecutive year, according to the Southern...

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Entekra, one of residential offsite construction's juggernauts since its 2017 start-up in Ripon, CA, will shut down operations within 60 days, The...

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SBCA is pleased to announce its inaugural 2023 Innovation Grant in 2023 was a huge success with 27 separate submissions.

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