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1:   (LUMBER) New Softwood Lumber Talks Urged : The Obama administration should pursue a new trade case against Canadian softwood lumber practices, says Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee 08/20/2010 12:47 PM

2:   (MARKET OUTLOOK) Builder Confidence Hits Three-Month High : Confidence among U.S. homebuilders rise in February to a three-month high ... 02/19/2010 3:59 PM

3:   (STARTS) Housing Starts Rise, Permits Dip : Housing starts hit their highest number in six months in January, rising to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 591,000. This is 2.8% higher than the revised December estimate of 575,000 and is 02/17/2010 4:15 PM

4:   (CONTRACTING) St. Paul Bows To HUD Complaint : Admitting the city didn't keep the proper paperwork, St. Paul, MN officials agree to settle a Sec. 3 discrimination complaint with HUD. The city will spend $1 million over four years to seek, train and hire 02/12/2010 12:51 PM

5:   (STARTS) Housing Starts In Dramatic Plunge : Housing starts dropped by a dramatic 10.6% in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 529,000 units, says the Census Bureau. It is 30.7% below that of October 2008 and the drop erased 11/20/2009 12:08 PM

6:   (TOXIC WALLS) Drywall Class Action Approved : A class action lawsuit is endorsed in federal court against a Chinese drywall-producing company. The lawsuit is quickly moving toward a trial in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 11/13/2009 12:19 PM

7:   (TAX CREDITS) Historic Tax Credit Expansion : Bipartisan effort is renewed to provide further incentives for developers to use federal tax credits to renovate historic and older buildings based on energy savings. 11/06/2009 12:06 PM

8:   (DRYWALL) Hedge On Chinese Drywall Findings : Preliminary results from a Consumer Product Safety Commission study fail to confirm imported Chinese drywall is harmful to health. The CPSC findings now defer to an Environmental Protection 10/30/2009 11:43 AM

9:   (DRYWALL) Trade Group Seeks Drywall Answers : For homebuilders who have struggled with the housing market downturn, the last thing they need is a widespread defect-related problem. Unfortunately, that's exactly what appears to be emerging 10/30/2009 11:35 AM

10:   (DRYWALL) Bailout For Chinese Drywall Victims : More than 100,000 homeowners whose houses are tainted with Chinese drywall soon may get federal aid to replace the walls. The federal aid would bailout builders as well 10/16/2009 12:39 PM

11:   (BUILDERS) Texas Leads Single-Family Construction : Three housing markets in Texas lead the way in single-family construction building permits through the first six months of the year. Data from the Census Bureau and HUD show the Houston- 10/16/2009 12:07 PM

12:   (STARTS) Overall Starts Up, Single Homes Drop : Single-family housing starts decline slightly in August following a string of significant gains dating back to March. Even so, the latest Census Bureau statistics illustrate a period of relative stability that 09/18/2009 11:54 AM

13:   (NEW HOME) New Home Sales Continue on the Rise : Sales of newly constructed homes in the nation increase for a fourth consecutive month, reaching their highest level since July 2008 08/28/2009 12:27 PM

14:   (HEALTHY HOMES) Chinese Drywall Issue Mounts : A group of senators is weighing in on the increasing problem of Chinese-manufactured drywall containing elevated levels of strontium sulfide, as well as several organic compounds linked with 07/31/2009 11:54 AM

15:   Canada Billed For Softwood Violations : Canada will pay the U.S. government $46.7 million under a London Court of Internat'l Arbitration ruling on softwood lumber duties. The court says Canada is obligated under the Softwood Lumber 04/03/2009 12:50 PM

16:   Two More Lumber Mills Shuttered : Weyerhaeuser Co. says it will close two more lumber mills as demand for wood products continues to tumble in the wake of the housing market crunch. Closure of the mills in Oregon and 03/20/2009 12:01 PM

17:   Building Materials Costs Drop : While many homebuilders are trying to cut production as much as possible amid inflated inventories and falling home prices, there is a category in high supply and at low costs that could help argue the 03/06/2009 12:23 PM

18:   Senators Take Hard Line On Lumber : A war of words has broken out between nine U.S. senators and Canadian lumber interests over the softwood lumber agreement between the two countries. The senators asked President Barack 02/20/2009 12:08 PM

19:   Stinky Chinese Drywall A Building Issue : A spurt of lawsuits over drywall imported from China prompts state officials to take action against use of the construction product. State toxicologists are collecting samples of the drywall to verify whether 02/06/2009 11:50 AM

20:   Softwood Lumber Clash Reignites : Domestic lumber producers renew their opposition to what they call excessive Canadian subsidies on softwood lumber, the primary wood used in the construction of residential housing in the United 12/19/2008 10:54 AM

21:   Housing Starts Tumble Again : Home construction falls by 6.2% in August, considerably surpassing a forecast by economists of a 1.6% drop. The plunge takes construction to its lowest point in 17 years. The drop is equivalent to seasonally-adjusted 895,000 09/17/2008 09:57 AM

22:   State First To Go Green Statewide : State officials adopt the nation's first statewide green-building standards code, granting an earlier request made by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The move by the California Building Standards Commission is seen as a way to conserve energy and water 07/25/2008 12:23 PM

23:   Lumber Import Rules Approved : Congressional override of the giant 2008 agriculture opens the door to new conflict between the United States and Canada over imports of softwood lumber primarily used in house construction. The 06/20/2008 1:04 PM

24:   Housing Starts Drop Again : Housing starts dip again in May although the single-family construction category was static for the month, Commerce Dept. statistics indicate. Starts for the month track at 975,000 units, 3.3% 06/20/2008 12:26 PM

25:   Softwood Lumber Dispute Emerges : A seemingly innocuous amendment to HR 2419, the Food, Conservation & Energy Act would trigger a new fight between the United States and Canada over imports of Canadian softwood lumber, less than six months after an agreement was signed 05/30/2008 12:29 PM

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