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 !    Housing Trends Archives
Open for Public Comment: The U.S. Green Building Council’s Proposed Improvements to the LEED Green Building Rating System (5-19-08)
Housing starts surge on condo construction (5-16-08)
Ripple effects of the housing market slowdown (12-9-07)
If You Verify, They Will Buy: Refining Green Home Standards (11-14-07)
Canadian homeowners not buying into advertised benefits of green products (9-6-07)
Log Homes Grading Program Receives IAS Accreditation (8-27-07)
Green housing revitalizing Salt Lake area (8-29-07)
US lumber prices to recover in 2009 (8-27-07)
New-Home Sales Slide 6.6 Percent In June As Home Buyer Demand Remains Slack (7-26-07)
Latest data confirms the global importance of the Middle East interiors market (7-11-07)
Woes deepen for home builders (7-18-07)
Wood Products Council Targets Commercial Markets
LEED is wrong 'green' approach (6-16-07)
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070616/OPINION/706160313/1049
Regional lumber associations work to expand green building legislation (6-13-07)

IRC to Recognize Steel Framing as Primary Method of Termite Protection (5-31-07)

Going Green: Environmentally friendly school building booming (5-29-07)
http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351385919&path=!localnews&s=1037645509099

Wood's hard knocks (4-22-07)
Steel housing manufacturer to build plant in Florida (5-2-07)
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070502/BUSINESS/705020318/1003
New Century files for bankruptcy (4-3-07)
Focus On Flexibility (3-1-07)
http://www.builderonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=28&articleID=455380
Blunt Talk on Housing (3-12-07)
NAHB, Affordable Housing Win in Endangered Species Case (3-14-07)
Centex expects more write-offs and job cuts (1-24-07)
Green Building: Not As Complicated As You Think, Says NAHB (12-13-06)
Housing Starts: Best and Worst Years (11-22-06)
Housing and Home Depot: Unhappy Together (11-15-06)
Worst of Housing Downturn to End by Mid-2007 (10-30-06)
Modular Moves Up (10-1-06)
Want durability, efficiency? Log homes stack up (10-27-06)
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061027/FEAT03/610270316/1021
New-Home Sales Rise 5.3 Percent In September (10-26-06)
Panelized Home Construction
Millwork: Anything Goes (10-06)
Could Asia Overtake the U.S. Homebuilding Industry by 2015?
California Closets(R) and Roseburg Announce Eco-Friendly Option for Home Storage (9-19-06)
Housing Market May Be on Ice, but the Blame Market is Red Hot (9-10-06)
http://www.builderonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=26&articleID=361634
'Sustainable' Guidelines Often Confusing (9-5-06)
http://www.wooddigest.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=2&id=617
Eco House features the world of "green" (8-28-06)
Long Beach, Mississippi, becomes steel's city (8-28-06)
Contractors want to bring steel to New Orleans (8-29-06)
Housing market shows just how strong strong is (7-1-06)
Construction Costs 'Gone Crazy' (7-30-06)
http://www.builderonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=26&articleID=341893
The Monarch Company Expanding to Include Steel Framing (7-31-06)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060731/clm046.html?.v=57
Home sellers sweeten deals (7-27-06)
Sales of New Homes Dip 3.0 Percent in June (7-27-06)
Racing to the Bottom in Housing (6-16-06)
Government Report Sheds Light On 30 Years Of Home Building Trends (6-15-06)
$19-38 Billion in Green Home Building Expected in 2010 (6-12-06)
Housing Cooling To ‘Normal’ Levels (5-06)
http://www.kitchenbathdesign.com/publication/article.jsp?siteSection=38&id=3158
B.C.-made wood houses hold great potential for disaster relief (5-15-06)
Tentative Timber Accord a Blow to U.S. Consumers (5-1-06)
Professional Builder Giant 400: Topping Out? Or Just a Pause? (4-1-06)
Home builders initiate green building program (3-13-06)
A natural building trend (2-5-06)
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/home/orl-greenmaterials06feb05,0,1477790.story?coll=orl-shoppinghg-headlinesforthe
U.S.-Mexican Agreement-In-Principle Will Help Alleviate Cement Shortages (1-20-06)
International Builders’ Show Sets Attendance And Exhibit Space Records In Orlando (1-18-06)
NAHB plans a busy legislative agenda in 2006 (1-11-06)
Slowdown, what slowdown? Nation's builders: What, us worry? (1-15-06)
U.S. home builder sentiment sours in December (12-19-05)
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20051219:MTFH69885_2005-12-19_19-57-06_N19259326:1
Toll Brothers Cuts Sales Forecast as Housing Market Weakens (11-8-05)
Katrina’s effect on wood industry uncertain (9-17-05)
NAHB Releases Study On Impact Of Katrina (9-6-05)
U.S. Developers Set Sights on High-End Housing in Mexico
Home Sales Forecast to Set Record in 2005 (6-8-05)
http://www.realtor.org/PublicAffairsWeb.nsf/Pages/HomeSalestoSetRecordin05?OpenDocument
Cement shortage, rising costs, booming economy paint uncertain picture
Canada launched Super E(R) house building technology in China (6-6-05)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2005/06/c8184.html
Housing Trends 2004
A beginner's guide to Green Building (4-19-05)
What Green Building has to do with Ants at a Picnic and a Billion Chinese (4-05)
http://www.dovetailinc.org/DovetailComm0405.htm
PNC Bank Leads 'Green' Approach to Retail Business to Make Branches Friendly to Customers and the Environment (3-14-05)
It's not always smart to follow LEED (3-8-05)
A Steel Framed House (2-26-05)
Housing Starts Jump In January To The Highest In 21 Years (2-16-05)
Wonder what green certification of of your building project entails? See the LEED checklist here...
Green Building: The Movement Gains Momentum (2-1-05)
http://www.builderonline.com/Industry-news.asp?sectionID=30&articleID=97873
RESEARCH GAUGES BUILDER ATTITUDES TOWARD GREEN BUILDING (2-1-05)
http://www.wpnupdate.com/Feb0105/
International Builders' Show Sets New Records In Orlando (1-31-05)
2004 `as good as it gets' for wood products industry (2-6-05)
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/02/06/f4.bz.woodproducts.0206.html
Home Starts Rebound In December, Single-Family Production Sets A Record In 2004 (1-19-05)
Life-Cycle Revisited (1-1-05)
http://www.builderonline.com/Industry-news.asp?sectionID=27&articleID=92179
Canadian home sales hit record in 2004 (1-18-05)
Housing Starts Climb, Top Expectations (1-19-05)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=7368709
Industry's Largest New Product Showcase Highlights Trends At 2005 International Builders' Show (1-6-05)
Housing Starts Rebound Sharply In October (11-17-04)
Building costs may drop as demand from hurricane states drops (11-16-04)
http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=13382880&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=507233&rfi=6
Have wood products prices peaked? (11-1-04)
http://www.manufacturing.net/pur/article/CA476779.html?pubdate=11%2F1%2F2004%2B8%3A38%3A00%2BAM
Softer Housing Market Expected to Moderate 2005 Engineered Wood Product Demand and Production (9-20-04)
President's Remarks to the National Association of Home Builders (10-2-04)
A timeless beauty (10-2-04)
Lumber prices continue to soar (9-14-04)
Housing sales set white-hot pace (7-27-04)
Little house in St. Paul is filled with big ideas (7-25-04)
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1375/4886823.html
Building material costs soar amid competing booms in US, China (7-7-04)
Costs pinching builders (6-30-04)
U.S. And Mexico Home Builders Sign Historic Agreement (6-28-04)
May Home Sales Surge To Record Levels (6-24-04)
Innovative Wood Framing Technology Arrives in Minnesota
http://enews.cwc.ca/files/masterfit.pdf
PATH Unveils Home of the Future (6-25-04)
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK STUDY: NO EVIDENCE OF HOUSING BUBBLE (6-24-04)
Residential Remodeling Shows No Sign Of Slowing In 2004 (5-12-04)
New Home Sales Post All Time Record In March (4-26-04)
Builders Seeing Blue (3-17-04)
http://web.theparisnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=12185
WHAT ARE THE HOT DESIGN TRENDS IN HOUSING? (2-4-04)
The cost of wood is going right through the roof (9-9-03)
The Pour Vs. The 2x4 (6-22-03)
http://www.ctnow.com/business/hc-concretehomes0622jun22,0,1264901.story?coll=hc-headlines-business
Housing Starts Reach 16-Year High In January;Builder Confidence Remains Solid Through Early February (2-16-03)
New-Home Sales Hit Million-Plus Rate For Third Consecutive Month In October (11-26-02)
New York Prepares to Implement Truss Labeling Law
Housing Remains Firm In The Midst Of Economic Uncertainties, Economists Say (10-31-02)

China Market Development Program for US Building Materials

NAHB's Factory-built housing symposium to set up shop in Jacksonville next month (10-9-02)
http://enews.cwc.ca/news/2002/us/show_article2.php?id=1375&l=10_15_us.php

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