Hardwood Federation Petitions Trump for Help on Tariffs
A letter to the administration signed by hundreds of hardwood businesses wants federal support for their companies. The letter, written before the latest negotiations between the U.S. and China, requests fairer trade agreements and potential support if these are not put in place. “The undersigned US hardwood companies and organizations,” the letter reads, “representing the […]
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New Study Shows Devastating Impact of Canadian Lumber Tariffs on Home Building
Two University of Tennessee professors report how higher duties on imported wood directly impact housing prices. Contradicting the Trump administration that American lumber can replace imported wood from Canada, Andrew Muhammed, a professor of agriculture and resource economics, and Adam Taylor, professor of natural resources, wrote in their new study that this is not necessarily […]
Housing Sales Stable but Lower Mortgage Rates May Help
A slight uptick for the month was encouraging and the possibility for lower mortgage prices as the Fed lowers interest rates could help going forward. The National Association of Realtors said existing home sales remained relatively stable in September, the last month figures are available, increasing by 1.5 percent compared to August but up 4.1 […]
Color of the Year Race Kicked Off by Sherwin-Williams
The paint company made its color prediction, the first of what is likely to be a long series of forecasts through the remainder of the year. The color-of-the-year prediction process has become a staple of the forecasting season in the last quarter of the year, giving builders and interior designers some direction—however contradictory these predictions […]
Mississippi State University Mass Timber Design a Competition Finalist
The 2025 Timber Design Competition at the Timber Construction Conference in Pretoria, South Africa has recognized a student project. Paulina Fernandez, a senior architecture major from Tegucigalpa, Honduras and a student at Mississippi State University, placed ninth out of 130 entries from nine universities across the world for her project “HALO: A Haven of Eternal […]