A remodeling renaissance
You wouldn’t know it from the latest housing numbers, but some LBM dealers are having a very good year so far …
Thrilla in vanilla
If anyone had told you three years ago that the heavyweight championship bout of the decade would feature the Federal …
Roadside assistance
A couple of weeks ago, Zonda’s Todd Tomalak published an article in Builder titled “What Does 2023 Have in Common …
Smooth sailing
If you’re wishing economists would just make up their minds about whether we’re having a recession or not, you aren’t …
Crash pad
November data is in and there are no surprises in the U.S. housing market: Affordability is in the tank and …
Free falling
U.S. housing starts fell for the fifth consecutive month in October, landing at 1.425 million annualized. That’s still well above the …
Fresh off the truck
By now you’ve probably heard the news: McDonald’s announced that it’s launching a new chain of upscale steakhouses that will …
Housing goes on a diet
Technically we are not in a recession because some of the numbers are still strong. Or technically we are in a recession …
Higher anxiety
This whole recession business may not be a lot of fun, but it isn’t complicated. COVID blew big holes in …
The good old day
So far this year has been nothing but wall-to-wall angst: runaway inflation, stock market staggering, recession around the corner, gridlocked supply …