Economic Development

NAR Forecasts Improved Housing Market Conditions for 2024

Chief economist Lawrence Yun foresees 1.48 million housing starts in 2024, including 1.04 million single-family and 440,000 multifamily.

NAHB Chief Economist Predicts Sharp Recession to Come

COVID-19 Update: ‘Each Market Will Feel the Impact, Every Economy, All of Us’

U.S. May Reduce Canadian Lumber Duties

Builders Enter 2020 Cautiously Optimistic About Housing

More Than Half Of Consumers Believe Now Is a Good Time to Buy a Home

BlueTarp Building Supply Index Holds Steady in Q2

Foreign Investments in U.S. Residential Real Estate Plummeted 36%

LIRA Predicts Below-Average Remodeling Growth By 2020

ProSales 100 Conference: Economic Slowdown Could Be on the Horizon

ProSales 100 Conference: Should the LBM Industry Be Worried About Tariffs?

Construction Industry Salaries on the Rise

How NAHB’s Chief Economist Thinks Tax Reform Will Impact the Economy

Fed Reports Continued but Modest Economic Growth over the Summer

BFS Secures $160 Million Term Loan

Countertop Demand in U.S. Predicted to Rise 4.8% Annually Through 2015

International Paper Makes Tender Offer to Acquire Temple-Inland

Georgia Gulf Building Unit’s Op Loss Triples in 1Q

BlueLinx Net Loss Shrinks in 1Q on 9.4% Sales Drop

BFS Drops Plan To Offer $250M in Notes

BFS Predicts Lighter 1Q Loss, Flat Sales

Moody’s, S&P Give Weak Ratings to BFS’ Note Plans

Handy Men

Beware of the Upturn

BlueLinx Financials Show Deeper Shade of Red

Masco Reports $798 Million 4Q Operating Loss

NLBMDA Legislative Agenda Seeks To Retain Mortgage Interest Deduction

NLBMDA Cheers, Critiques Tax Bill

Fortune To Spin Off Home, Security Units

Expect Lumber Price Spike This Spring, Reed Economist Predicts