These Two Giants Control Nearly Half of Home Improvement Market

It’s no surprise that Home Depot and Lowe’s are the largest retailers in the business, but together, their market share is astounding. The retail world for home improvement and building products continues to be dominated by two big national chains. It’s the level of that dominance that a new study confirms that shows exactly how […]

New Legislation Introduced to Support Modernizing Sawmills

Even as the U.S. Congress remains deeply divided, a new bipartisan bill has been introduced into the Senate. The proposed legislation comes from Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Montana Senator Tim Sheehy and is called the “Supporting American Wood and Mill Infrastructure with Loans for Longevity (SAWMILL) Act.” It would support mills around the nation by […]

The West Is the Best for Micro-Housing

The tiny house movement is nationwide but four cities lead the country in their development. Micro-housing is now a staple of new home construction, presenting new challenges for builders used to working on a larger scale. And even if the western part of the country is still the prime area for such undersized homes and […]

Mass Timber’s Latest Benefit: It’s Antimicrobial

In addition to all the pluses of mass timber construction a new study finds it also is better when it comes to containing germs. The old cliché that wood construction was not hygienic, especially for structures in the healthcare field, is about to get turned upside down. New research coming out of the University of […]

Houzz Barometer Grows More Cautious

The uncertainties surrounding the national economy, especially in the home building sector, are turning pros more pessimistic. The new Q3 U.S. Houzz Renovation Barometer, a key metric for sizing up the overall state of mind of the professional building community, is out and it shows another decline in sentiment, the second consecutive quarter of such […]