Lowe’s HomeCare+ Offers Homeowners New Way to Maintain Homes
The new subscription plan gives consumers a choice of seven in-home services for an annual flat fee. Give Lowe’s credit for coming up with a way to allow homeowners to do home repairs at a fixed annual cost. The HomeCare+ program provides for up to two visits a year by Lowe’s workers to do repairs […]
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Lot Supplies Loosen for First Time Since 2017
A good indicator of building activity crossed into the “slightly undersupplied” category from the “significantly undersupplied” category for the fourth quarter. The new data, from Zonda’s New Home Lot Supply Index (LSI) registered a reading of 81.6 in the fourth quarter, representing a 34.2 percent increase from the same period in 2024. “Policy uncertainty, the […]
Two Canadian Government Initiatives Support Timber Sector
Two new measures are designed to strengthen manufacturing and support workers in the field. Canada, which has been battling increased U.S. tariffs while dealing with the overall weakness in the construction field, has moved on two fronts to offer new support for the industry. The federal government announced a $4.4 million ($3.2 million USD) investment […]
Massive Bamboo Development Opens in Southern China
At nearly 9 million square feet the complex includes shopping, four residential units and a digital art museum. The scale of developments using bamboo continues to expand and nowhere is that more evident than in China, where a new urban district has opened in Yibin, in the southern portion of the country in Sichuan Province. […]
Home Depot and Lowe’s Doubling Down on Pro Business
With the overall new construction market, as well as big DIY projects still stalled, the two largest national chains are prioritizing the professional contractor sector. In reporting their most recent quarterly results—which together point to continuing tough conditions in the building trade—both Depot and Lowe’s said they see their pro sectors continuing to expand and […]
Japanese Giant Buying Up US Home Builders
Sumitomo Forestry’s latest acquisition is Tri Pointe Homes which it agreed to buy for $4.5 Billion. The Japanese firm, which traces its roots back to its original logging business started in 1691, paid a 29 percent premium for Tri Pointe. Publicly traded Tri Pointe Homes sold more than 6,400 units in 2024 and it’s just […]
As Pacific Palisades Rebounds, It’s Robots That Are Doing the Heavy Lifting
Barely 15 months since the wildfires that devastated tens of thousands of acres, the rebuilding process is in full swing. They are still counting up the toll, but between the Palisades fire and the nearby Eaton fire in California last January, 30 lives were lost and as many as 14,000 structures were destroyed over the […]
What It’s Like Living in Mass Timber in Brooklyn
After opening last year as New York City’s first mass timber structure, residents are settling into a new environment. The experience of living in the city’s first mass timber structure is driving a robust and growing conversation among current and future residents that is likely to impact future such developments. With that in mind, Metropolis, […]
Another 3D-Printed Housing Development in the Works in Texas
Zuri Gardens will eventually comprise 80 detached homes built from a combination of low-carbon concrete mixes. Developers around the country continue to experiment with 3D-printed homes, many of them in Texas. In Houston, the city’s first hybrid 3D-printed housing community is now taking shape. Zuri Gardens will be a “100-percent affordable” subdevelopment in the city’s […]