Handling the Pressure: The Effect of Plumbing Material Selection on Homeowner Satisfaction
Plumbing systems can affect a home’s water quality in a variety of ways, including permeation, leaching and biofilm formation.
Issues With Accurate Appraisals? Create an Appraisal Binder
The increased cost of lumber, appliances, and other components of a home impacted by the disrupted…
Home Builder and Lumber Producer Associations Face Opposing Perspectives
The U.S. Lumber Coalition, an alliance of softwood lumber producers, called out the National…
Material Shortages Plaguing More Than Just Home Building
Material shortages are a widespread concern for an array of U.S. industries, from home building to…
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Better Wood: Overcoming the Limitations of Structural Wood Products
New research efforts and products aim to make wood an even stronger and more versatile building material
Construction
Persistent Supply Chain Issues Hold Builders Back
Demand for new homes remains high as existing home inventory rests at record lows, but builders continue to hit roadblocks from building materials
Building Materials
NAHB Survey Reveals How Builders are Handling High Lumber Prices
It’s a headline builders and consumers have read dozens of times since spring of 2020: lumber prices are skyrocketing.
Building Materials
Reduce Lumber Usage With a Lean Strategy
On this episode of The Weekly, TrueNorth Development President Scott Sedam lays out a six-week process for builders to significantly cut their buil
Building Materials
Lumber Prices Expected to Surge Even Higher
Skyrocketing lumber prices have kept some builders away from purchasing in hopes costs would level out, but now lumber prices are expected to spike
NAHB
Help for Getting Home Appraisals to Reflect Rising Costs
NAHB Housing Policy Briefing | NAHB offers help for builders to get appraisals to reflect building materials' rising costs; the HMI shows builder confidence took a hit from concern about soaring costs
NAHB
Time to Bring Housing Home to Elected Officials
NAHB is promoting "Bringing Housing Home," an outreach for builders to meet and contact their elected officials about issues affecting the industry
Building Materials
What's the Deal With SIPs?
SIPA Executive Director Jack Armstrong talks about the benefits of structural insulated panels and how the building technology is now a value propo
Building Materials
Lumber Prices: How Builders are Managing
Builders across the country are feeling the heat from rising lumber prices.
Building Materials
A Look at Lumber Prices From the Supply Side
An LBM insider tells the story of what factors led to record-breaking lumber prices during a global pandemic
