Distressed Assets

Housing Foreclosures Down 26% in 2013

The National Association of Realtors says foreclosure rates in 2013 bottomed out at the lowest level since 2007.

2014 Looks Good for the LBM Industry

Orchard Gains Court Approval for Additional Funding to Continue Operations

Handy Hardware Files for Bankruptcy Protection

150-Year-Old Georgia Yard Files For Bankruptcy Protection

Over Half of America’s Metro Areas Saw Increase in Foreclosure Activity

What Is Private Equity? Will It Work for You?

Builders’ Optimism at IBS Portends New Challenges for Dealers

Post Chapter 11, Hurd CEO Calls Innovation the Company’s Driving Force

How To Talk to Your Bank

Carter Lumber Bullish on Indianapolis, Detroit

Carter Lumber Buys US LBM’s Indy Unit

The Gores Group Buys Remaining Interest in Stock

Remodeling’s Cost-Value Ratio Shrinks Again

Masonite’s Results Rise Across the Board During 3Q

BlackEagle Partners Acquires Lyman Lumber

Growing in a Recession

Squeeze Play

Thinking Twice About a Makeover

Lyman Lumber Sells off Midwest Operation as Part of Ch. 11 Filing

Lyman Shuts 2 Washington State Operations

ProSales Poll: Minority of Dealers Report Tougher Banking Relations

Lyman Lumber, Now in Ch. 11, Owes $100 Million

Lyman Lumber Files For Ch. 11; Sells Off Midwest Operations

NLBMDA Fights Plan That Pushes 10% Down Payments on Securitized Mortgages

Flurry of Deals, Expansions, Closings Mark LBM’s Spring

Rea’s Reorganization, Executive Cuts Seek To Rebuild Ailing Stock

The Foreclosures Limbo

Dealers Give Advice on Fighting the Bank-Lending Drought

Bankers Are Holding Us Back

Three Roper Siblings Sue Brother Who Ran Failed Roper Bros.

Voters Pick Bank Lending Crackdown as 2010’s LBM Story

Forced Negotiations

Overdue C&D Loans Continue To Plague Banks

Stock Picks Former Johns Manville Exec as its New CEO

Appelmann Leaves Stock Building Supply

BlueLinx Buyout Bid Extended

BlueLinx Buyout Bid Extended After Board Panel Can’t Decide on Bid

Sign of the Times: Banks Are Selling More New Homes Than Builders

Minority BlueLinx Owner Protests Majority Owner’s Privatization Plan