New Houzz Study Offers Encouraging News
Even as the building trade continues to have its struggles a new report suggests better times are coming…and coming soon. “Home professionals are entering 2025 with renewed confidence and expectations for growth in both revenue and profitability after navigating two difficult years,” Marine Sargsyan, staff economist for the online design resource said in releasing the […]
Lowe’s New Contractor Loyalty Program Simplified
The big home improvement chain has reworked its MyLowe’s Pro Rewards program to make it easier for professionals. The Lowe’s loyalty program has put into place a number of initiatives designed to allow small and mid-sized pro contractors to earn and redeem rewards as it increases its focus on this sector of the home improvement […]
Key Furniture Analyst Looks to Disaster-Driven Recovery
Noted industry advisor Jerry Epperson says wildfires in California and big storms in the Southeast could result in better business. In his latest Mann Armistead Epperson Furnishings Digest Newsletter, Epperson, who has been working with the industry for more than five decades – the past 39 with the Richmond, VA-based investment banking firm – lamented […]
84 Lumber Teams Up with Home Builders Institute
The retail chain will fund scholarships at HBI’s training academies as well as sponsor an annual awards program. The lumber retailer’s new national partnership with the Home Builders Institute will include eight scholarships for the HBI’s BuildStrong Academies and will also sponsor the 2025 Shirley McVay Wiseman Award. “The HBI is thrilled to strengthen our […]
NKBA Forecast: Brighter Colors, Earth Tones, Mid-Century Modern Designs
The new 2025 Kitchen Trends Report points to a number of design directions in color and cabinetry. Kitchen design is one of the leading indicators of where home building is going and the new study from the National Kitchen & Bath Association is pointing to a number of trends going forward. Based on a nationwide […]
SCM Confirms Partnership with Timberlab
U.S. timber solutions company Timberlab is teaming up with SCM, the Italian machinery manufacturer. The collaboration includes the supply of special technologies for a new plant in Millersburg, OR, focused on Cross-Laminated Timber production. SCM will supply a new Celaschi XL profiling machine and double-end tenoner that can process panels over 18 meters long at […]
Home Maintenance Cost Increases Driven by Bad Weather
New Thumbtack data shows a 5.04 percent increase in the last quarter with storms and harsh conditions as the biggest factor. We’ve all read about how increasingly drastic weather conditions are becoming more common across the country and now there’s new data to suggest it’s impacting the cost of home maintenance, especially in roofing. Thumbtack, […]
Boxable Latest to Push for Manufactured Housing
Long an element of new home construction, this start-up says its technology-based manufacturing is different from previous systems. If manufactured housing has long been the Holy Grail – or perhaps white whale – of the construction industry it remains a relatively small factor in the building business. But Boxable says it is out to change […]
Paulsen to Take Over as Floor & Décor New President
Come this April, the home remodeling and improvement retailer will have a new leader. Bradley Paulsen, a veteran of both the home improvement and home care industries, will take over as president of Floor & Décor effective April 28, 2025. He succeeds current president Trevor Lang who announced his retirement last fall. Paulsen reports to […]
C.R. Onsrud Showing at Mass Timber Conference
The CNC machinery manufacturer will showcase its new equipment for use in mass timber applications. Troutman, NC-based Onsrud, will be in attendance at the 9th Annual International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, OR next month, March 25–27, showing its latest CNC machinery that provides high-precision processing of materials for the mass timber industry, including cross-laminated […]