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12.13.11
Epicor (formerly Activant) To Continue Support for LBM Systems

Source: PROSALES Information Service

Publication date: December 9, 2011

By Craig Webb

Seve [more]

12.13.11
Wind-Lock to Open New Distribution Center in Reno, NV

Leesport, PA – In the first quarter of 2012, Wind-lock will begin stocking and shipping from its new distribution c [more]

12.09.11
NAIMA Elects Templeton as Chairman of the Board

Jeff Templeton Named Chairman of the Board

The North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) el [more]

12.07.11
Stock, ProBuild and Carter Announce Closures

Source: PROSALES Information Service

Publication date: December 7, 2011

By Brendan Rimetz

It wa [more]

12.07.11
Temple Inland Stockholders Approve Mergier with IP

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Temple-Inland Inc. (NYSE: TIN) announced that at its Special M [more]

12.02.11
Construction Spending Rises by 0.8% in October

Source: MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. builders spent more in October on home [more]

11.29.11
Guardian to Close Insulation Plant in South Carolina

Source: WISTV.com

November 21, 2011

On Wednesday, Guardian Building Products announced that it will be [more]

11.29.11
U.S. Consumer Confidence: Biggest Monthly Gain Since 2003

Nov. 29 (Bloomberg)

Consumer confidence climbed in November by the most in more than eight years as Americans [more]

11.28.11
New-Home Sales Rise 1.3% in October Source: NAHB

November 28, 2011

Sales of newly built, single-family homes inched up 1.3 percent to a seasonal [more]

11.22.11
Existing Home Sales Up 13.5% Over Prior Year

Source: BuilderOnline, Claire Easley

Cancellations surge, price declines remain ominous

Existing-home s [more]

11.22.11
The Gores Group Acquires Remaining Interest in Stock from Wolseley PLC

The Gores Group, a leading private equity firm, today announced that it has furthered its commitment to Stock Buil [more]

11.21.11
Housing Starts Decline 0.3% in October to 628,000 Annual Rate Source: Bloomberg

Builders broke ground on more homes than forecast in October and construction permits climbed to [more]

11.14.11
Marino\WARE Receives SSMA Non-Structural Certification

( South Plainfield, NJ): Marino\WARE®, a division of Ware Industries, Inc. announced today that they have achieved [more]

11.08.11
Ex-ProBuild Officers Form LBM Investment Group

Source: Prosales Information Service (11/08/2011)

Kodiak Building Partners will invest in small to mid-sized [more]

11.07.11
Sharp Rise in Gypsum Price Likely in New Year - NAHB

Source: NAHB's Eye on Housing

Gypsum production is heavily dependent on construction industries. Approximatel [more]

11.04.11
Armstrong Acquires Simplex Ceilings

LANCASTER, Pa., Nov. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AWI) today an [more]

11.03.11
For Homebuilders, Price Increases Hit the Drywall

By: Brian Johnson, Finance & Commerce

Drywall makers plan 35% hike in 2012

Still trying to emerge from [more]

11.01.11
ClarkDietrich Building Systems Acquires Vinyl Corp.

Nov 1, 2011 — West Chester, Ohio – ClarkDietrich™ Building Systems today announced that it has purchased the Vinyl [more]

11.01.11
Slight Increase in Construction Spending in September

While the multifamily market continues its slow, upward trend, single-family gained for the month but shows little [more]

11.01.11
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Improves for 2nd Straight Month

(Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment improved in October for the second month in a row as consumers felt more upbeat [more]

10.31.11
Armstrong World Industries Reports Q3 Results

LANCASTER, Pa., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AWI), a glob [more]

10.27.11
Eagle Materials Reports Fiscal 2nd Qtr Results

For their Fiscal 2nd Qtr, Eagle's Gypsum Wallboard business (American Gypsum) reports;

- Q2 revenues of $50.9 [more]

10.27.11
NAHB: Remodeling Activity Remains Slow According to RMI Index October 27, 2011 - NAHB

The current state of the national economy continues to affect the remodeling industry, ac [more]

10.27.11
New Home Sales Up 5.7% in September

By: Home Channel News Staff

Sales of newly built, single-family homes increased 5.7% to a seasonally adjus [more]

10.27.11
Saint-Gobain: First 9 Months Sales Up 5.4%

PARIS, October 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sales for the global Interior Solutions business (gypsum, insulatio [more]

10.26.11
Glimmer of Hope in Home Prices (Case Schiller Index)

October 25, 2011 | By Brae Canlen, Home Channel News

The S&P/Case-Shiller Index, a leading indica [more]

10.26.11
Lafarge Introduces Weather Defense Interior Wallboard

Reston, VA

Lafarge North America Inc.

Lafarge North America introduces the latest addition to its [more]

10.26.11
Owens Corning Reports Q3 Results

Owens Corning Reports Record Quarterly Results Best Earnings Performance in the Company's History

TOLEDO, Oh [more]

10.21.11
Sales of Existing Homes Fell 3% in September

Source: Bloomberg

Sales of existing homes fell in September, extending a pattern of declines and gains that s [more]

10.20.11
Harvard Report: Remodeling Activity Soft through Mid-2012

By Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies

October 20,2011

A sluggish economy and housing m [more]

10.20.11
USG Reports Q3 2011 Results

USG Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results

CHICAGO, Oct 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- USG

T [more]

10.19.11
Temple Inland Reports Q3 Results

Upon review of the TIN results, it can be seen that Gypsum Wallboard volumes and revenues were down from the prior [more]

10.19.11
US Housing Starts Surge 15% in September

- Highest level in 17 months

- Seasonally adjusted annual rate of 658,000 units

- 53% surge in mult-fam [more]

10.19.11
Wagner Announces Acquisition of Denver Area Based MGM Supply

Kansas City, KS. October 17th, 2011 — Bill Sturgeon, President/CEO of Wagner Distribution Holding Company, Inc. is [more]

10.18.11
Builder Confidence Posts Highest Gain Since April 2010 Source: NAHB

Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes rose four points to 18 on the N [more]

10.17.11
CEMCO Steel Announces New Facility in Ft. Worth, TX

CEMCO is proud to announce that it has secured a facility outside of Ft. Worth, TX to better service Texas and the [more]

10.13.11
Steel Exec and Philanthropist Bill Dietrich Dies at 73

William S. Dietrich II, the philanthropist and former steel executive who recently gave large gifts to Pitt and CMU [more]

10.12.11
CertainTeed Launches Ignition Barrier for Spray Foam

(Valley Forge, Pa.) – CertainTeed Corporation is creating greater flexibility for its customers and greater safety [more]

10.10.11
Company Opens Former Federal Gypsum Plant in Canada Source: Cape Breton Post

POINT TUPPER — Cabot Gypsum is launching production at a facility that has been in bank [more]

10.05.11
Owens Corning EcoTouch Receives USDA Designation

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Owens Corning today announced that its award-winning EcoTouch™ Insulati [more]

10.05.11
USG's Ultralight Type X (Firecode X) Now Available

CHICAGO, Oct 05, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products company, announce [more]

10.04.11
CertainTeed to Showcase New Products at Greenbuild 2011 (Valley Forge, Pa.) – At Greenbuild 2011, CertainTeed Corporation (#2211N) will showcase a wide array of next generation [more]

09.29.11
CertainTeed Launches FortiCel Mold Prevention System

(Valley Forge, Pa.) – Through the introduction of the FortiCel™ Mold Prevention System, CertainTeed Corporation is [more]

09.29.11
Worthington Reports Q1 Fiscal 2012 Results Worthington Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 28, 2011 – Worthington Industries, I [more]

09.28.11
Mortgage Applications up 9.3% From Prior Week

The number of mortgage applications filed in the U.S. last week rose 9.3% from the prior week, the Mortgage Bankers [more]

09.27.11
Case Schiller Home Price Gauge Up for 4th Month

Case Schiller's home price gauge was up for the 4th straight month in July but down 4.1% from the prior year.

[more]

09.27.11
September Consumer Confidence Up Slightly

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined sharply in August, remained essentially unchang [more]

09.26.11
U.S. Home Sales Decline 2.3% to 6-Month Low

By Shobhana Chandra (Bloomberg) - Sep 26, 2011 10:00 AM ET

Purchases of new houses in the U.S. declined in Au [more]

09.26.11
USG's Bill Foote to Retire as Chairman

CHICAGO, Sep 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products company, an [more]

09.21.11
Architectural Billings Index Up in August

Washington, D.C. – September 21, 2011 – On the heels of a period of weakness in design activity, the Architecture B [more]

09.21.11
Existing Home Sales Beat Forecasts - Up 7.7% in August

(Reuters) - Existing home sales rose more than expected in August to the fastest annual pace since March as falling [more]

09.21.11
Insulation Industry Trade Show in Orlando 9/22-9/24

Orlando, FL - September 20, 2011 - The annual Insulation Contractors Association of America Convention & Trade Show [more]

09.20.11
Housing Starts Fall 5% to Annual Rate of 571,000 Units

Housing starts dropped 5 percent, the most since April, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 571,000 units, the [more]

09.19.11
Builder Confidence Virtually Unchanged in September

September 19, 2011 - Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes dipped by a single point [more]

09.19.11
Solid Products/Pro Plaster Australia Joint Compound JV

Pro Plaster Products, a longtime importer, wholesaler and retailer of professional drywall finishing materials, too [more]

09.19.11
Wind-Lock Adds Exclusive Tools to Drywall Offering

Wind-lock Adds Exclusive Tools/Accessories to Drywall Offering

Leesport, PA – As Wind-lock continues to expan [more]

09.16.11
Viper Stud Optimized for SSMA Compliance

Marino\Ware, CEMCO & Telling announced today that ViperStud® has been optimized for compliance to meet the new crit [more]

09.14.11
New Quietseal Acoustical Pro Sealant Launched

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sep 13, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Serious Energy, Inc. today announced new QuietSeal Pro acoustica [more]

09.13.11
NAHB Multi-Family Housing Index Improves

September 8, 2011 - The multifamily housing market continued to show improvement in the second quarter of 2011, as [more]

09.09.11
U.S. Gov't Probing Home Builder's Labor Practices

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government is investigating labor practices at top U.S. home building companies, an acti [more]

09.07.11
11th Global Gypsum Conference - Las Vegas 10/17-18

"Making the most of the recovery"

Returning to North America for the first time since Cancun in 2006 (and befor [more]

09.07.11
IP to Acquire Temple Inland for $32/share

International Paper Co. (IP), the world’s largest pulp and paper maker, said it agreed to acquire Temple- Inland In [more]

09.07.11
Knauf Insulation Announces UL Environment Validation

Shelbyville, IN)- Setting another new industry benchmark, Knauf Insulation has announced that UL Environment (ULe [more]

09.06.11
AWCI Offers Doing It Right Seminars for January 2012

The Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry, Falls Church, Va., announces that its Academy and Doing It Right [more]

09.06.11
CertainTeed Names New Roofing, Siding Presidents

(Valley Forge, Pa.) – CertainTeed Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Smith as president of Cer [more]

08.30.11
CertainTeed Insulation Switches to SFI-Certified Kraft

CertainTeed Boosts Sustainable Appeal of Fiberglass Insulation with SFI-Certified Kraft Paper

(Valley Forge, [more]

08.30.11
John Crowe Appointed President and CEO of CertainTeed

Valley Forge, PA, August 30, 2011 – Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building materials company, has announced the [more]

08.30.11
US Home Prices: Case Schiller Says Decline Pace Slowing

Source: Bloomberg

Residential real estate prices in the U.S. decreased in the year ended in June at a slower [more]

08.25.11
USG's L&W Supply to Close 9 Locations Aug 25 (Reuters) - Building products maker USG Corp said its L&W Supply distribution unit would shut eight distributio [more]

08.23.11
New Home Sales Track Worst on Records Back 50 Years New Home Sales on Track to Finish 2011 as the Worst On Records Dating Back 50 Years 08/23/2011[more]

08.17.11
Housing Starts Fall 1.5% in July Housing Starts in U.S. Weaken as Construction Stagnates; Permits Decline

By Shobhana Chandra (Bloomberg) - Aug 1 [more]

08.17.11
July Architectural Billings Index Hits 5-Month Low Billings at architecture firms continue to fall with another drop in July, marking the fifth consecutive month of declin [more]

08.16.11
Allied Building Products Profit Jumps Allied Building Products Profit Jumps 159% in First Half Net sales and EBITDA also jump 13% due to strong performance w [more]

08.16.11
Boral to Buy Out Lafarge Gypsum Asia JV: $618 million * Boral to buy out Lafarge Asian plasterboard JV

* Boral to pay 429 million euros

* Buy funded through bank [more]

08.15.11
June Construction Starts Jump 15% June Construction Starts Jump 15 percent

After weak activity in May, new construction starts in June climb [more]

08.13.11
Steel Exec, Philanthropist Bill Dietrich Dies at 73

William S. Dietrich II, the philanthropist and former steel executive who recently gave large gifts to Pitt and CMU [more]

08.12.11
Certainteed's New Digital Architect Binder

For Immediate Release

August 12, 2011 New Digital Architect Binder Provides Easy Access to CertainTeed® [more]

08.09.11
Roxul Recognized for Products with 75% Recycled Content

MILTON, ON, July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Roxul Inc., the producers of Roxul insulation are pleased to announce that [more]

08.08.11
National Gypsum Announces Clean Energy Project

CHICAGO -- Recycled Energy Development (RED) and National Gypsum Company (NGC) announced the development of a combi [more]

08.03.11
Owens Corning Q2 Results - Insulation EBIT at -11.7% Within the OC Results, GypsumToday has summarized the following key points:

- Insulation EBIT at -11.7% offsets st [more]

08.03.11
USG Introduces Lightweight Type X Board

CHICAGO, Aug 03, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products company, is expan [more]

08.02.11
Construction Spending Up Thanks to Nonresidential Construction Spending Up Thanks to Nonresidential While single-family spending gained and multifamily was down, the [more]

08.02.11
Owens Corning Acquires FiberTEK Insulation Businesses TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/

Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) today announced that it has completed the acquisi [more]

08.01.11
Armstrong Posts Q2 Results - Ceilings EBIT of 18.7% Within the AWI Results posted this morning, the Armstrong Ceilings Business (Building Products) posted Q2 sales of $305. [more]

07.28.11
Eagle Materials Q1 Earnings - Gypsum Reports 2.4% EBIT Eagle's Gypsum Unit (American Gypsum) reports positive EBIT as price improvement offsets volume decline

- Gypsum r [more]

07.28.11
Lafarge Q2 Results - Inflation, Currency Impact Profit Within the Lafarge results presentation, Gypsum performance was as follows:

- Global gypsum sales up 5% vs. Q2 201 [more]

07.28.11
Saint-Gobain 1st Half Profit up 53%

Within the Saint-Gobain results, their global interior solutions business (gypsum, insulation, ceilings) reported t [more]

07.27.11
AWCI to host Industry Executives' Conference Sept 13-16 AWCI will host the AWCI Industry Executives' Conference & Committee Meetings, September 13-16, 2011 at the Coeur d'Alene [more]

07.27.11
No 2011 Recovery Expected for Non-Residential Building Commercial sector to lead industry into recovery

By Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA AIA Chief Economist

An uneven ec [more]

07.27.11
Saint Gobain Shifts Drywall Tape Production to NY Buffalo Business First reported that Saint-Gobain Adfors (formerly Saint Gobain Technical Fabrics) earlier this month be [more]

07.26.11
Jim Doyle Elected President of FWCCA Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) July 26, 2011

Jim Doyle, District Sales Manager of BASF’s Wall Systems business for the [more]

07.25.11
Another Executive Exits Probuild July 22, 2011 | By Brae Canlen, Home Channel News

Jim Cavanaugh, president of operations at ProBuild and one of t [more]

07.25.11
Architectural Billings Index Declines Again in June Institutional sector struggling most due to government budget shortfalls

Washington, D.C. – July 20, 2011 – June m [more]

07.22.11
Lafarge Sells Australian Gypsum Business to Knauf PARIS, July 22 (Reuters) - Lafarge , the world's largest cement maker, said it was selling its Australian gypsum busines [more]

07.22.11
USG Corporation Reports Q2 2011 Results

CHICAGO, Jul 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- USG Corporation(NYSE:USG):

Second Quarter 2011 vs. Second Quarter 2 [more]

07.21.11
Temple-Inland Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results AUSTIN, Texas, Jul 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Temple-Inland Inc. /quotes/zigman/242933/quotes/nls/tin TIN +0.91% today [more]

07.20.11
May Remodeling Index at Record Highs July 18th, 2011. Home Channel News

The BuildFax Remodeling Index for May 2011 reported that despite high unemploym [more]

07.19.11
Housing Starts Jump in June (Reuters) - Housing starts scaled a six-month high in June and permits for future construction unexpectedly increased, a [more]

07.19.11
SFIA Releases Technical Guide

The Steel Framing Industry Association, Falls Church, Va., has released "Technical Guide for Cold‐Formed Steel [more]

07.18.11
Temple Board Rejects IP Bid (Reuters) - Corrugated packaging producer Temple-Inland Inc (TIN.N) advised its shareholders on Monday to reject a $3.3 [more]

07.18.11
Union Lockout at Armstrong Ceilings Plant in PA EAST DONEGAL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY— A lockout is underway at one Lancaster County business. Armstrong World Industr [more]

07.14.11
Etex to Buy Lafarge Gypsum Assets for $1.4 Billion By Sabine Pirone (Updates with Lafarge comments on debt in ninth paragraph.)

July 14 (Bloomberg) -- Etex Group [more]

07.13.11
I P Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Temple-Inland IP launches hostile takeover bid for Temple-Inland July 13, 2011 | By Brae Canlen

After being rebuffed by Temple- [more]

07.12.11
Peter Dachowski Retires as Certainteed Corp. CEO Peter Dachowski Retires as CertainTeed Corporation CEO

(Valley Forge, Pa.) – CertainTeed Corporation, North Americ [more]

07.12.11
Tight Mortgage Lending Obstacle to Housing Recovery July 11, 2011 National Association of Home BuildersNation's Building News

Tight Mortgage Lending Seen as Biggest O [more]

07.07.11
AIA Finds Decreases in Home Sizes Nearing Bottom AIA Survey Finds Decreases in Home and Lot Sizes Nearing Bottom 07/07/2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The collapse of th [more]

07.07.11
Lafarge Announces Liftlite Gypsum Wallboard Lafarge Announces LiftLite™ Gypsum Wallboard

Reston, VA Lafarge North America Inc.

Lafarge North Ame [more]

07.05.11
Boral Expansion Radar looks to Europe, Shuns U.S.? Boral expansion radar looks to Europe, shuns US?

Jul, 05 2011

MARK Selway has made no secret of hi [more]

07.05.11
Construction Employment Up in 120 Metropolitan Areas Construction Employment Up in 120 Metropolitan Areas By MDM Staff June 28, 2011

Construction employment in [more]

07.05.11
May Construction Drops in the U.S. May construction spending drops in the US Construction

Monday, 04 July 2011 07:12 Decline surpasses foreca [more]

06.30.11
Certainteed Launches New Roof Cover Board CertainTeed Launches New High-Performance Roof Cover Board with Enhanced Moisture, Mold, Fire Resistance

(Valle [more]

06.30.11
Worthington Reports Q4 Results Worthington Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Worthington Industries, [more]

06.29.11
Why Economists See a Stronger Second Half for 2011 Why Economists See a Stonger Second Half for 2011

Source: Associated Press/AP Online Publication date: Ju [more]

06.28.11
Ames Taping Tools Names Mark Wilson Director of Educati Ames Taping Tools Names Mark Wilson to Lead Corporate Education/Industry Stewardship Program 06/14/2011

DULUTH, G [more]

06.27.11
Allied Building Products Completes Aquisition Allied Building Products Corp. Completes Acquisition of Austin Acoustical Materials, Inc.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N [more]

06.23.11
New Home Sales Fall in May New-home Sales Fell In May, Median Price Rose

Source: Associated Press/AP Online Publication date: June 23, [more]

06.23.11
WIND-LOCK PRESS RELEASE

Press Release

Contact:

Ashley Feit,              
Wind-lo [more]

06.21.11
Lafarge Gypsum Sale Not Before September PARIS, June 21 | Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:43am EDT

PARIS, June 21 (Reuters) - A decision on the sale of Lafarge's ( [more]

06.21.11
U.S. Existing Home Sales Hit Six Month Low U.S. Existing-Home Sales Hit Six-Month Low By Timothy R. Homan - Jun 21, 2011 7:23 AM PT .

(Bloomberg) -- Sales [more]

06.20.11
Knauf Insulation Curtailing Production Lanett insulation plant stopping production

LANETT, AL - Knauf Insulation gave notice today to their 146 employees [more]

06.15.11
Knauf Insulation closing Lanett, Ala., plant Knauf Insulation closing Lanett, Ala., plant, laying off 146 employees

Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer Publication [more]

06.15.11
Serious Materials Changes Company Name to Serious Energ Serious Materials Changes Company Name to Serious Energy

Serious Materials announced today that it has changed its n [more]

06.14.11
United Stationers hires former USG exec United Stationers hires former USG exec

JUNE 14, 2011 | BY BRAE CANLEN

United Stationers, a leading distribut [more]

06.07.11
Temple-Inland Rejects Unsolicited International Paper O Temple-Inland Rejects Unsolicited Takeover Proposal from International Paper

Board of Directors Unanimously Determi [more]

06.03.11
Housing Market : We're Looking At a Double-Dip Housing Market: We’re Looking at a Double-dip By George Leong Jun 2, 2011, 11:16 AM Author's Website

As I have [more]

06.01.11
Certainteed Introduces New Easi-Lite Gypsum Board CertainTeed’s New Easi-Lite(TM) Lightweight Gypsum Board Makes Installation and Handling Easier

(Tampa, Fla.) – [more]

05.24.11
New Single Family Homes Rise in April WASHINGTON | Tue May 24, 2011 10:36am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New single-family home sales rose unexpectedly i [more]

05.18.11
Housing Starts , Permits Drop in April Housing Starts, Permits Drop in April

Source: BIG BUILDER News Publication date: May 17, 2011

By [more]

05.12.11
Lafarge Bids Due on Thursday Bidders eye Lafarge plaster activities-paper

PARIS May 12 (Reuters) - Around 10 candidates including investment f [more]

05.11.11
Remodeling Market Index Highest In Four Years Remodeling Market Index Reaches Highest Level in Four Years

April 28, 2011 - According to the National [more]

05.11.11
US Housing Market Analysis Shows Greater Affordability, Strengthening Economy Restoring Price Stability to U.S. Housing Market 05/10/201 [more]

05.10.11
Eagle Materials Reports Fiscal and Q1 Results

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE: EXP) today reported financial results for fiscal year 2011 an [more]

05.05.11
Lafarge Q1 Results Results as of March 31, 2011 Date 05/05/2011 Significant volume and revenue growth in the first quarter. Group posit [more]

05.04.11
CRH PLC & Allied Distribution Interim Results Press Releases 04 May 11 Interim Management Statement

CRH plc, the international building materials group, is i [more]

05.02.11
Armstrong World Industries Reports Q1 2011 Armstrong World Industries Reports First Quarter 2011 Results

LANCASTER, Pa., May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A [more]

05.02.11
Owens Corning Reports Q1 2011 Results Owens Corning Reports First-Quarter 2011 Results

First Quarter in Line with Company's Expectations; On Target [more]

04.25.11
New Home Sales Rise in March By ALAN ZIBEL And LUCA DI LEO

WASHINGTON—Sales of new homes increased in March from an all-time low a month earlier [more]

04.22.11
Temple Inland REports Q1 Results Temple-Inland Reports First Quarter 2011 Results

Press Release Source: Temple-Inland Inc. On Wednesday April 20, [more]

04.20.11
USG Reports Q1 2011 News Release USG Corporation Reports 2011 First Quarter Results

CHICAGO, Apr 20, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- USG Corpo [more]

04.19.11
Gypsum Association Officers Elected GYPSUM ASSOCIATION OFFICERS ELECTED

Hyattsville, MD – The Gypsum Association announces the election of the followi [more]

04.19.11
March U.S. Housing Starts and Permits Rise (Reuters) - U.S. housing starts and permits for future home construction rose more than expected in March, snapping back [more]

04.11.11
Lafarge Unit Attracts PE Bid Interest Lafarge unit attracts PE bid interest -sources Thu Apr 7, 2011 1:15pm EDT By Julien Ponthus

PARIS, April [more]

04.11.11
National Gypsum Announces Dismissal of Lawsuit April 11, 2011 08:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time National Gypsum Announces Dismissal of Attempted Class Action Lawsuit [more]

04.11.11
National Gypsum Launches High Strength Gypsum Board FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL GYPSUM LAUNCHES HIGH STRENGTH LITE™ GYPSUM BOARD WITH PLATINUM CERTIFICATION FROM U [more]

04.11.11
SSMA Announces Adoption of Proprietary Brands APPROVED FOR DISTRIBUTION NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION: Abigail Gabbard, SSMA

Steel S [more]

04.05.11
Stock Reorganizes Stock Reorganizes, Cuts COO and Sales VP Jobs Lumberyards now will be sorted in four divisions

Source: PROSA [more]

04.04.11
Two More Years For Construction to Rally Economist: Two more years for construction to rally John Gurzinski/Las Vegas Review-Journal

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JO [more]

04.04.11
USG Announces Lightweight 5/8 Inch Non-Type X Wallboard News Release USG Corporation Announces Lightweight 5/8-Inch Non-Type X Wallboard

CHICAGO, Apr 04, 2011 (BUSINE [more]

03.31.11
As Industry Metrics Come in, Differing Interpretations As Industry Metrics Come In, Differing Interpretations Remain February's low numbers are causing some to call a double [more]

03.31.11
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Ames Completes Its Reorganization Ames Taping Tools Completes Its Reorganization

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Certainteed Makes BIM Models Available Online CertainTeed Gypsum Makes BIM Models Available Online to Building Design Community 03/22/2010

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03.03.10
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Armstrong Reports Q4 2009 Results Armstrong World Industries Reports Fourth Quarter 2009 Results

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Slow Recovery May Lead to Housing Shortages Slow Recovery May Be Leading to Serious Housing Shortages

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01.27.10
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Existing Home Sales Decrease Existing U.S. Home Sales Decreased More Than Forecast By Courtney Schlisserman

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Health Care Bill Threatens Home Building Industry Senate Health Care Bill Threatens Home Building Industry

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12.23.09
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12.22.09
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Ames Taping Tools Enters Agreement With Investor Group Ames Taping Tools Enters Sales Agreement With Investor Group

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12.11.09
Eagle Materials Closes Wallboard Plant Eagle Materials to Idle One of Its Wallboard Plants in New Mexico

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USG/Lafarge Settle Lawsuit USG, Lafarge settle lawsuit

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USG & Lafarge Enter into Agreement USG and Lafarge Enter into Agreement to Resolve Dispute

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11.24.09
Gypsum Wallboard Demand Down Gypsum wallboard demand is down

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Home Borrowers Under Water The proportion of U.S. homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than the properties are worth has swelled to about 23% [more]

11.23.09
Home Sales Rise Home sales rise to highest level in 2.5 years

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11.23.09
Housing Starts Tumble in October Housing starts tumble 10.6% in October Construction activity at six-month low

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Home Depot Q3 Profit Falls Home Depot Third-Quarter Profit Falls as Shoppers Spend Less

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11.13.09
National Gypsum Debuts New Wall Panel Product National Gypsum Debuts North America’s First Wall Panel Featuring Phase Change Technology from BASF Corporation

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Text .By CONSTANCE MITCHELL FORD

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CRH PLC & Allied Distribution Press Releases

10 November 2009

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Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:03am EDT

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Forty-Five Employees Laid Off From Georgia Pacific Forty-Five Employees Laid Off From Georgia Pacific Plant in Quanah

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PrimeSource Makes Acquisition PrimeSource Building Products has purchased Compass International, the Anaheim, Calif.-based fastener supplier, for an u [more]

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UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPS TO 6.1% - 5 YEAR HIGH Unemployment Rate Hits 5-Year High As Economy Continues to Shed Jobs - Construciton Loses Another 8,000

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LOSS FOR HOVANIAN MORE THAN DOUBLES IN LATEST QTR Loss at Home Builder Hovnanian More Than Doubles to $202 Million From a Year Ago

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YET ANOTHER HOME BUILDER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY A Scottsdale, Arizona home builder recognized two years ago as an up-and-coming business has collapsed in the weak marke [more]

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BUILDER CONFIDENCE HOLDS STEADY IN AUGUST Sales Expectations Improve For Next Six Months

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HOME DEPOT EARNING DECLINE 24% Housing-Market Downturn Hits Home Depot's Earnings

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CONCERNS ABOUT BUILDER BANKRUPTCY SPREADS TO BUYERS Taking Steps to Make Sure Your Builder Won't Go Bust With more firms in financial trouble, Buyers Could be Left Holding [more]

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Washington DC - Alan Greenspan usually surrounds his opinions [more]

08.13.08
TOLL BROTHERS SEES GROWING PENT UP DEMAND Toll Brothers Posts Revenue Decline, But Seeing "Pent Up Demand" Growing. GypsumToday.com Believes Stabalization of Hom [more]

08.09.08
WALLBOARD PRICES UP WITH MORE EXPECTED BY 4TH QTR '08 Mission Viejo, CA - Gypsum wallboard prices in the United States hit cycle bottom in January 2008. Since that time ther [more]

08.08.08
BEAZER REPORTS KEY QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE NUMBERS $110 Million Net Loss, Closings Down 37%, Prices Down 9%, Cancellation Rate 37% and New Orders Down 42%

Beazer Hom [more]

08.05.08
D.R. HORTON POSTS $339M LOSS AND SIGNALS '10 RECOVERY D.R. Horton Inc., the nation's largest homebuilder, said Tuesday its losses in the fiscal third-quarter narrowed as the [more]

08.04.08
MAJOR BUILDER WCI FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY WCI files for bankruptcy and names interim CEO Florida builder succumbs to housing bust; Icahn says financing efforts f [more]

08.02.08
LAFARGE GYPSUM REPORTS NEGATIVE 37.8% EBIT/SALES IN Q2 Lafarge Gypsum Financial Performance Declines From Negative 31% EBIT/Sales in First Quarter '08 to Negative 37.8% EBIT/S [more]

08.01.08
UNEMPLOYMENT HITS 4 YR HIGH OF 5.7% IN JULY Job Losses Suggest Economic Weakness to Persist Unemployment Hit A Four-Year High Of 5.7% in July Construction Jobs Dow [more]

07.31.08
ARMSTRONG CEILINGS EBIT/SALES IMPROVES TO 19.4% IN Q2 Mission Viejo, CA - Within Armstrong World Industries latest results announcement it was reported that Armstrong Ceiling [more]

07.31.08
BUSH SIGNS SWEEPING HOUSING BILL INTO LAW Washington DC - U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping rescue package aimed at resurrecti [more]

07.30.08
CANADA'S FEDERAL GYSPUM FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY Point Tupper, Canada - The beleaguered Federal Gypsum wallboard plant filed for bankruptcy last Friday, owing about $32 [more]

07.29.08
HOME PRICES DROP 15.8% WITH LOW CONSUMER CONFIDENCE House Prices Fell at Faster Pace in May (Update3)

Home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell at a faster pace [more]

07.29.08
HOMES ON MARKET FINALLY STARTING TO DECLINE Amid Housing Slump, Glut Eases Slightly Rising Foreclosures, Tighter Credit Still Pushing Down Prices; Economists Don't [more]

07.27.08
CONGRESS PASSES HOUSING BILL EXPECTED TO BE LAW MONDAY Washington DC - U.S. Senate lawmakers on Saturday overwhelmingly passed a broad package of housing legislation, hoping t [more]

07.25.08
NEW HOME SALES FALL 0.6% IN JUNE: BETTER THAN EXPECTED New Home Sales Down 0.6% in June with Inventory Down 5.3%, Lowest Since December 2004

Washington DC - Sales of new [more]

07.25.08
PACE OF HOME FORECLOSURES DOUBLES IN 2ND QUARTER Home foreclosure filings more than doubled in the second quarter of 2008 from a year ago, according to real estate data [more]

07.25.08
PULTE HOMES REPORTS $158 MILLION LOSS IN SECOND QUARTER NEW YORK - Pulte Homes Inc posted a smaller quarterly loss on Wednesday, but said buyer confidence remained shaky.

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07.25.08
ST GOBAIN REPORTS INTERIOR & NORTH AMERICA DECLINES Mission Viejo, CA - Within Saint-Gobain's latest results annoucement it was reported that their Global Interior Solution [more]

07.25.08
TEMPLE INLAND ACQUIRES CARAUSTAR SHARE OF PAPER JV Temple-Inland Acquires Caraustar's Interest in Premier Boxboard Limited Joint Venture

Austin, TX - Temple-Inland I [more]

07.24.08
APPEARS CONGRESS HOUSING/MORTGAGE BILL WILL PASS SOON Housing Bill Will Extend Federal Role In Markets By DAMIAN PALETTA and JAMES R. HAGERTY July 24, 2008; Page A1 Wa [more]

07.23.08
US GYPSUM REPORTS NEGATIVE 12.7% EBIT/SALES FOR 2ND QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporations latest results announcement it was reported that U.S. Gypsum Company had an [more]

07.23.08
USG INTERIORS TURNS IN SOLID 13.5% EBIT/SALES IN Q2 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporations latest results announcement it was reported that USG Interiors (i.e. domesti [more]

07.23.08
USG'S L&W REPORTS BETTER 2.2% EBIT/SALES IN LATEST QTR Mission Viejo, CA - After reporting a disappointing $1 million operating loss in the Jan-March quarter, USG's distributi [more]

07.22.08
NVR REMAINS PROFITABLE DESPITE ORDERS DOWN 29% Reston, VA - The housing slump continued to take its toll on homebuilder NVR Inc. as second-quarter earnings dropped 43 [more]

07.21.08
EAGLE REPORTS NEGATIVE 2.2% EBIT/SALES IN GYPSUM Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum wallboard plus paperboard)negative $2.2 million EBIT on net sales of $100.9 [more]

07.17.08
BUILDER CONFIDENCE DECLINES FURTHER IN JULY Washington DC - Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell for a third consecutive month [more]

07.17.08
UNDERLYING HOUSING STARTS DECLINE 4% IN JUNE Codes Change in New York City Boosts Housing Starts, But Excluding the NE Multifamily Data, U.S. Housing Starts Fell 4.0 [more]

07.16.08
INFLATION SURGES IN JUNE TO HIGHEST IN PAST 25 YEARS Inflation Surges 1.1% on Energy Prices in June to Highest Level in Past 25 Years.

Washington DC - U.S. consumer pr [more]

07.12.08
HOUSE & SENATE NEED TO RECONCILE HOUSING RELIEF BILL Washington DC - The U.S. Senate passed an extensive package of housing legislation Friday, reacting to the continuing er [more]

07.11.08
CONCERNS ABOUT MORTGAGE GIANTS FREDDIE & FANNIE GROW Markets Roiled by Mortgage Fears

Washington DC - Big moves in the shares of government-chartered lenders Fannie Ma [more]

07.11.08
GOLDBLATT INTRODUCES NEW ''BLADERUNNER'' DRYWALL TOOL Goldblatt and CertainTeed Gypsum Launch Revolutionary Drywall Cutting Tool in North America

Olathe, KS -Goldblatt [more]

07.09.08
SECRETARY PAULSON COMMENTS ON HOME FORECLOSURES Secretary Paulson: Many foreclosures can’t be prevented Homeowners that bought too much house may lose them, he says. [more]

07.07.08
ARIZONA BUILDER ROBERTSON FILES CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY Tucson, AZ - Tucson-based builder T.F. Robertson Cos. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy on Thursday July 3r [more]

07.04.08
WASHINGTON BASED CB WHOLESALE JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - CB Wholesale, Inc based in Bellingham, Washington is most recent leading, privately held, independen [more]

07.03.08
OFFICE VACANCY RATE INCREASES FROM 12.8% TO 13.0% Businesses Take Less Office Space Nationwide Landlords Feel Pain As Market Softens; Tenants Gain Edge

New York, NY [more]

07.03.08
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HOLDS STEADY AT 5.5% IN JUNE Washington DC - U.S. payrolls shrank for the sixth consecutive month in June, as businesses faced with rising costs and [more]

07.02.08
CONSTRUCTION LOANS TO ADD TO BANKING PROBLEMS Small Banks' Reckoning Day Is Coming, Billions in Troubled Construction Loans Promise to Pose Test for Regional Lenders [more]

07.02.08
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING FALLS AGAIN IN MAY Construction spending drops 0.4 percent in May - 11th Drop in Last 12 Months

Washington DC — Construction spending [more]

07.02.08
NEW HOME SALES AND BUILDER CASH FLOWS REMAIN A CONCERN Industry Manufacturers, Dealers and Builders Continue to Investigate Equity Infusions to Shore up Weak Balance Sheets. [more]

07.01.08
CALIFORNIA HOUSING MARKET IN DIRE STRAIGHTS San Francisco, CA - While the underlying demographics for housing remain strong in California and are expected to gain e [more]

07.01.08
GypsumToday.com USEAGE GROWS TO OVER 8,000 PER MONTH Mission Viejo, CA - Visitors and useage of the unique GypsumToday.com industry portal continues to increase with current [more]

06.28.08
ARIZONA BLDR SIERRA PACIFIC FILES CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY Tucson, AZ - Local home builder Sierra Pacific Homes LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday. A petit [more]

06.28.08
FLORIDA BLDR LEVITT & SONS TO LIQUIDATE Fort Lauderdale builder Levitt and Sons to liquidate

Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Legendary home builder Levitt and Sons o [more]

06.27.08
DIETRICH RETURNS TO PROFITABILITY WITH $15.4 M EBIT QTR Mision Viejo, CA - Within Worthington Industries latest results announcement Dietrich Metal Framing reported a $15.395 m [more]

06.27.08
KB HOME LOSS WIDENS ON WRITE DOWNS AND 17% LOWER PRICES KB Home's fiscal second-quarter loss nearly doubled as prices fell amid a continuing housing downturn and credit crisis. [more]

06.26.08
LENNAR LOSS NARROWS TO $121M - ORDERS DOWN 45% Lennar Corp.'s second-quarter net loss narrowed as the company reported fewer write-downs, but home prices, orders and d [more]

06.26.08
WOLSELEY TO DO STRATEGIC REVIEW OF STOCK BLDG SUPPLY Wolseley to carry out strategic review of loss-making Stock Building Supplies; could postpone need for rights issue by T [more]

06.25.08
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE CONTINUES DECLINE TO 16 YR LOW US consumer confidence plunges in June while future expectations at record low

Washington DC - US consumer confide [more]

06.25.08
NEW HOME SALES DOWN 2.5% IN MAY - BLDRS INVENTORY DROPS New home sales down 2.5 pct in May to 512,000 unit annual pace

Washington DC - Sales of new homes in the United St [more]

06.24.08
HOME PRICE INDEX SHOWS STEEPER DECLINES IN APRIL Housing Index Show Deeper Slump

The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price indexes, a closely watched gauge of U.S. home pric [more]

06.24.08
MARYLAND'S CARUSO HOMES FILES CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY Baltimore, MD - Crofton-based Caruso Homes, which has developed numerous subdivisions in suburban Maryland and Northern [more]

06.23.08
BUILDER CONFIDENCE DECLINES AGAIN IN JUNE Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes edged down in June, according to the National Assoc [more]

06.23.08
WORST HOUSING SLUMP IN 50 YRS HASN'T RUN ITS COURSE The current housing downturn is shaping up to be the worst in 50 years, and it has not yet run its full course, accordin [more]

06.19.08
TWO MORE HOME BUILDERS BUCKLE Two More Builders Buckle

Two more home builders have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the face of dec [more]

06.17.08
HOUSING STARTS DOWN 3.3% IN MAY TO 17 YEAR LOW Washington DC - U.S. housing starts slid 3.3 percent in May to their lowest level in more than 17 years, while permits f [more]

06.16.08
HOME FORECLOSURES UP 48% IN MAY According to the foreclosure-monitoring company, RealtyTrac, US foreclosure filings have continued to rise in May, indic [more]

06.16.08
MAJOR MINNESOTA HOMEBUILDER FILES BANKRUPTCY Major builder files for Chapter 11 which is expected to effect subcontractors and dealers: MW Johnson was the 11th-large [more]

06.14.08
LARGE OREGON HOME BUILDER FILES BANKRUPTCY Portland, OR — Legend Homes, one of Oregon’s largest homebuilders, filed for bankruptcy after its parent company made so [more]

06.11.08
USG STOCKTON GRID PLANT WINS SAFETY AWARD USG Stockton Ceiling Grid Plant Wins CAL OSHA Star Award for Safety

STOCKTON, CA, June 11, 2008 - USG Corporation [more]

06.09.08
GIANT REAL ESTATE PARTNERSHIP FILES BANKRUPTCY Giant real estate partnership LandSource files bankruptcy.

The California real estate partnership LandSource Commu [more]

06.06.08
ST GOBAIN SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT Saint-Gobain shareholders approve agreement with main shareholder Wendel (Note: Saint-Gobain owns CertainTeed Gypsum, In [more]

06.06.08
UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPS TO 5.5% -CONSTRUCTION DOWN AGAIN Unemployment Rate Jumps to 5.5% As Economy Continues to Shed Jobs: Loss of Construction Jobs is 11th Month in a Row. C [more]

06.05.08
HISPANIC WORKERS HIT HARD BY CONSTRUCTION SLOWDOWN Hispanics who provided the bulk of the construction work force during the housing boom are suffering as many of those jo [more]

06.05.08
HOME FORECLOSURES AT RECORD LEVELS AND RISING Home Foreclosures, Delinquencies Hit Another Record in the First Quarter

Washington DC - Home foreclosures and lat [more]

06.05.08
HOUSING SUPPLY FOR SALE SHOWS SLIGHT DECLINE IN MAY Housing Supply Declined in May,Ample Listings Remain in Market; A Sign of Leveling. Supply Approximately 10.7 Months [more]

06.03.08
HOME BUILDER TAYLOR-MORLEY CLOSES ITS DOORS St. Louis, MO - Taylor-Morley Homes Inc., once one of the largest home builders in the St. Louis area, ceased operations [more]

06.03.08
HOVANIAN REPORTS POSITIVE CASH FLOW BUT INCREASED LOSES Hovnanian Loss Increases to $340.7 Million in Latest Quarter as Largest National Home Builders Write Downs Exceed the $2 [more]

06.03.08
TOLL BROTHERS POSTS SMALLER THAN EXPECTED LOSS New York, NY - Toll Brothers Inc (TOL.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the largest U.S. luxury home builder, posted a quart [more]

05.30.08
CERTAINTEED OPENS NEW WEST VIRGINIA WALLBOARD PLANT Industry Trend of Shutting Down Old, Slow, High Cost Wallboard Plants As New High Spead Low Cost Plants Come On Line Wit [more]

05.30.08
NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY EARNS ''GREEN'' AWARD Charlotte, NC - National Gypsum and the Mt. Holly Plant earned one of the Charlotte Business Journal’s 2008 Green Awards [more]

05.27.08
APRIL NEW HOME SALES RUNNING 42% BEHIND PRIOR YEAR Washington DC - Sales of newly constructed single-family homes rose 3.3 percent in April to a 526,000 annual rate but th [more]

05.27.08
HOME BUILDER CONFIDENCES DECLINES ANOTHER 5% IN MAY Home Builder Confidence Declines Another 5% in May, 5% Above All Time Record Low Set in December 2007

Home builder [more]

05.27.08
HOME PRICES FALL 14% IN FIRST QTR '08 VS YEAR EARLIER Home Prices Fall 14% 1st Qtr vs. Prior Year; Largest Drop in 20 Years.

The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price indexes, a [more]

05.27.08
MAY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TUMBLES 8.9% TO 16 YEAR LOW Consumer confidence weakened more than expected and for the fifth straight month in May, according to a new report.

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05.27.08
STD PACIFIC: CASH INFUSION TAKES BANKRUPTCY OFF TABLE A $580 Million Cash Infusion by MatlinPatterson Global Advisors Appears to Save Standard Pacific From Possible Bankruptc [more]

05.23.08
HOMES FOR SALE BALLONS 10% TO 11 MO INVENTORY ON MKT Home Resales, Prices Decline, While Inventories Increase 10.5% To An 11.2 Month Supply Now on The Market

Washing [more]

05.23.08
SERIOUS MATERIAL'S QUIET ROCK WINS GLOBAL GYPSUM AWARD Mission Viejo, CA - Sunnyvale, CA based Serious Materials won the Gypsum Product of the Year Award for their QuietRock p [more]

05.22.08
HARDIE EBIT/SALES FALLS TO 13.8% IN JAN-MAR '08 QUARTER Within their latest results announcement James Hardie, the industry leader in fiber cement, announced $43.2 million EBIT [more]

05.22.08
PACE OF HOME PRICE DECLINES ACCELERATES DURING 1ST QTR Home Prices Continue to Decline, Jobless Claims Drop in Latest Week

Washington DC - U.S. home prices fell a season [more]

05.20.08
APRIL INFLATION NUMBERS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED Washington DC - The core rate of inflation rose in April at twice the rate expected by economists. The core index, which [more]

05.20.08
HOME DEPOT'S PROFIT FALLS 66% AS R&R MARKET SLOWS Home Depot's Net Falls 66% As Homeowners Cut Projects. Depot Reports $728 Million EBIT on Sales of $17.907 Billion Duri [more]

05.20.08
POLITICAL COMPROMISE MAKING HOMEOWNER BILL LIKELY Washington DC - A once-imperiled bill aimed at helping troubled homeowners seems to be too politically resonant to fail. [more]

05.19.08
ECONOMY & LEADING INDICATORS FLAT - SKIRTING RECESSION Leading Indicators Increase 0.1%: Currently Very Close to But Missing Formal Definition of Recession.

New York, N [more]

05.19.08
LOWE'S PROFIT FALLS 18% - EBIT/SALES OF 8.7% Lowe's Net Falls 18% as Big-Ticket Sales Decline. $1.048 Billion EBIT on Sales of $12.009 Billion During the Latest Quar [more]

05.16.08
APRIL HOUSING STARTS & PERMITS MAY BE START OF A BOTTOM Housing Starts Post Surprise 8.2% Rise in April (note: still 30.6% below April '07) with Permits Rising 4.9%

Washi [more]

05.16.08
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DROPS TO 28 YEAR LOW New York, NY - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a 28-year low this month as rising prices strained household finances [more]

05.15.08
SENATE NEARS MORTGAGE DEAL Washington DC - Senate lawmakers are close to a deal that would expand a government program to insure hundreds of billio [more]

05.14.08
CONTINUED INCREASES IN STEEL AFFECTING COMMERCIAL MKT Fast-Rising Steel Prices Set Back Big Projects

Relentless increases in the price of steel are halting or slowing m [more]

05.13.08
BEAZER HOMES REPORTS $155 MILLION QUARTERLY LOSS Atlanta, GA - Troubled homebuilder Beazer Homes USA Inc. said Monday it restated financial results for several prior-yea [more]

05.13.08
TOLL BRO REV DOWN 30% WITH CONTRACTS DOWN 44% Tolls Brothers Reports Revenue down 30%, Contracts Down 44% and Prices Down 17%.

Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) Tuesday [more]

05.12.08
NORTH CAROLINA HOME BUILDER FILES BANKRUPTCY John S. Card Residential Builders Inc. has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Middle District of North Carolina of U. [more]

05.12.08
STD PACIFIC CONSIDERS SALE AFTER REPORTING $216M LOSS Standard Pacific Considers Sale After Reporting $216 Million Loss

Standard Pacific Corp., the California homebuil [more]

05.09.08
BEACON ROOFING REPORTS NEGATIVE 2.3% EBIT/SALES IN Q1 Mission Viejo, CA - Beacon Roofing Supply (NYSE: BECN) reported an operating loss of $6.94 million on sales of $304.251 [more]

05.09.08
LAFARGE GYPSUM REPORTS NEGATIVE 31% EBIT/SALES Q1 '08 Lafarge Repots Negative 31% EBIT/Sales for North American Gypsum During Jan-March '08 Quarter

Mission Viejo, CA - [more]

05.08.08
ANOTHER HOMEBUILDER FACING MAJOR LIQUIDITY ISSUES Bonita Springs, FL - Home builder WCI Communities Inc (NYSE: WCI) faces the risk of bankruptcy due to its deteriorating [more]

05.08.08
BLUELINX REPORTS NEGATIVE 1% EBIT/SALES FOR 1ST QTR '08 Mission Viejo, CA - Earlier this month Distributor BlueLinx Holdings (MYSE: BXC)reported $7.8 million operating loss on [more]

05.08.08
BUILDER HOVANIAN SEEKING EQUITY INFUSION Hovnanian Enterprises prices follow-on stock offering Hovnanian Enterprises prices 14 million follow-on stock offering [more]

05.08.08
OWENS CORNING EBIT/SALES DROPS TO 4.3% IN FIRST QTR '08 Owens Corning's Insulating Systems EBIT/Sales Drops to 4.3% in Q1 '08 from 12.1% During Q4 '07 Primarily Due to Declinin [more]

05.06.08
D.R. HORTON REPORTS RECORD $1.31 BILLION LOSS D.R. Horton Reports Record $1.31 Billion Loss as Housing Slump Worsens

D.R. Horton Inc. reported a record loss as [more]

05.06.08
EAGLE REPORTS 5.2% POSITIVE EBIT/SALES IN BAD MARKET Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum wallboard plus paperboard)positive $4.9 million EBIT before extraordinary p [more]

05.05.08
HOVNANIAN REPORTS IMPROVED CASH & LOWER CANCELATIONS Hovnanian Enterprises Reports Preliminary Operating Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2008, Increases 2008 Cash F [more]

05.02.08
ARMSTRONG REPORTS 16.6% EBIT/SALES AND EXPECTED SLOWING Mission Viejo, CA - Withing Armstrong World Industries (NYSE: AWI) latest results announcement they reported 16.6% EBIT/ [more]

05.02.08
CARAUSTAR REPORTS SLIGHT PROFIT - MKT CAP $45M Wallboard Paper Supplier Caraustar Moves to Slight Profit in First Quarter with Total Market Capitalization of Approxima [more]

05.02.08
UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 5% - CONST LOSES ANOTHER 61m JOBS Economy Shed Jobs in April But Pace of Decline Slows

Washington DC - U.S. employment fell a fourth straight month [more]

05.01.08
CENTEX LOSS WIDENS TO $908M W/LAND&INVENTORY WRITE DOWN New York, NY - Centex Corp (CTX), the No. 4 U.S. home builder, said on Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter loss widened [more]

05.01.08
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DECLINES 1.1% IN MARCH Washington DC - US construction spending was down again in March, but only after across-the-board revisions by the Comme [more]

05.01.08
HOME DEPOT TO CLOSE 15 UNDERPERFORMING STORES Atlanta, GA - It's been 4 1/2 years since former Home Depot Chief Executive Bob Nardelli's bold prediction that the home [more]

05.01.08
STEEL FRAMING PRICE INCREASES MAY EXTEND INTO 3RD QTR Mission Viejo, CA - While increasing steel framing costs were clearly expected through the first half of 2008 (see Gypsu [more]

05.01.08
TREND TOWARD SMALLER HOMES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE In Addition to Facing the Current Declines in New Housing Starts the Residential Construction Industry Should Anticipate [more]

05.01.08
WALLBOARD DEMAND DOWN 13%-14% IN FIRST QTR 2008 Mission Viejo, CA - Gypsum wallboard demand of 6.785 billion square feet in the United States during the January-March 2 [more]

04.30.08
FED CUTS INTEREST RATE 1/4% - SIGNALS RATE PAUSE AHEAD Washington DC - The Federal Reserve delivered its seventh interest rate cut since the credit crisis began last July but [more]

04.30.08
M I HOMES POST $26M LOSS WITH BUSINESS DOWN ABOUT 1/3 M/I Homes posts loss for 1Q on ailing housing market

New York, NY - M/I Homes Inc. (NYSE: MHO)lost money in the fi [more]

04.29.08
CASH GAP PARALYZES IOWA'S REGENCY HOMES Des Moines, IA - Iowa's largest home builder, Regency Cos. of Des Moines, has laid off the entire staff of its home buil [more]

04.29.08
HOME PRICES DECLINE 12.7% IN TOP 20 METRO MARKETS Washington DC - U.S. consumer confidence continued to weaken in April, the fourth straight month of declines, according [more]

04.29.08
MASCO INSTALLATION SERVICES DROPS TO SMALL LOSS IN Q1 Mission Viejo, CA - Within Masco's first quarter 2008 results announcement it was reported that their Installation Servi [more]

04.29.08
NEW RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY POSSIBLE IN SPRING 2010 Excess Supply of Homes to Sell, Increasing Foreclosures, Concern about Jobs and Expectations of Further Declines in Home [more]

04.27.08
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE PLUNGES 9.9% TO 26 YEAR LOW U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls in April to its lowest level since March 1982

Washington DC - The Reuters/Universit [more]

04.26.08
CHGO BUILDER KIMBALL HILL HOMES FILES BANKRUPTCY Chicago, IL - Rolling Meadows-based Kimball Hill Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday but said it will use $60 [more]

04.24.08
MDC LOSS OF $73 MILLION DEEPER THAN EXPECTED MDC Holdings loss deeper than expected

Denver, CO - U.S. home builder MDC Holdings Inc (MDC.N: Quote, Profile, Res [more]

04.24.08
NEW HOME SALES FALL 8.5% TO LOWEST LEVEL IN 17 YEARS New-Home Sales Fall to Low Last Seen in Early 1990s

The worst days of the housing slump may lie ahead. Buyers van [more]

04.23.08
PULTE HOMES LOSS WIDENS TO $696M WITH WRITE DOWNS Bloomfield Hills, MI - Pulte Homes announced today financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. For the [more]

04.23.08
RYLAND HOMES CLOSINGS DOWN 33%, NEW ORDERS DOWN 28% Cash balance of $213.3 million as of March 31, 2008;

Net debt-to-total capital ratio was 36.4 percent at March 31, [more]

04.22.08
US GYPSUM REPORTS NEGATIVE 9.3% EBIT/SALES FOR 1ST QTR Mission Viejo, CA - U.S. Gypsum reported a $48 million operating loss plus $12 million plant start up costs and $4 milli [more]

04.22.08
USG INTERIORS EBIT/SALES DROPS FROM 15% TO 11% IN Q1 Mission Viejo, CA - Following improved operating performance to 15% EBIT/Sales during the 4th quarter of 2007, USG Inter [more]

04.22.08
USG'S L&W FALLS TO LOSS DURING 1ST QUARTER L&W Supply Gains Market Share, but Moves into an Operating Loss During January-March Quarter

Mission Viejo, CA - A [more]

04.21.08
ADDITIONAL INSULATION ONE OF BEST WAYS TO SAVE ENERGY Color Your Home Green This Earth Day: Adding insulation will help you stay cool, save energy and be earth-friendly

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04.21.08
HOMEBUILDER NVR BUCKS TREND WITH $43.5 MILLION PROFIT In a quarter when other public builders are losing millions, NVR reported net income of $43.5 million, or $7.42 per dilu [more]

04.16.08
ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURING RATIONALIZATION IN WALLBOARD Wallboard Manufacturers Continue to Reduce Production and/or Shut Down Facilities To Maximize Efficiency of Networks Sim [more]

04.16.08
CLARK/WESTERN OPENING 3RD SERVICES CENTER IN NORTHEAST ClarkWestern™ Building Systems Opening New Engineering & Design Services Office in Portland, ME

The newest ClarkWe [more]

04.16.08
CONSUMER INFLATION RUNNING AT 4% PACE Washington DC - U.S. consumer prices rebounded in March on the back of rising oil prices, a government report showed, a [more]

04.16.08
HOUSING STARTS PLUNGE 11.9% TO 17 YR LOW: PERMITS -5.8% Housing starts plunge to a 17-year low & Pace of building new homes down 36.5% on year-over-year basis

Washington [more]

04.15.08
FORECLOSURES SPIKE 57% IN MARCH ADDING TO HOUSING WOES Foreclosure filings for March rocketed 57% from a year earlier and rose 5% from February, a foreclosure listing service [more]

04.10.08
CLARK/WESTERN ADVANCES STEEL FRAMING COMPLIANCE EFFORTS Open Letter to Drywall Framing Distributors and Contractors from Clark/Western:

Recently, the membership of the St [more]

04.10.08
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE PLUNGES 15% TO 5 YR LOW IN MARCH Consumer Confidence Falls 15% in March While Future Expectations Fall to a 35 Year Low

Washington DC -The Confere [more]

04.10.08
FORECLOSURE RATES INCREASE WITH PEAK EXPECTED IN '09 Even as federal and state governments come under growing pressure to respond to the mortgage crisis, new data show that [more]

04.09.08
SMALL BUSINESS CONFIDENCE FALLS TO 22 YEAR LOW Small-Business Optimism Plunges

Small-business owners' confidence in the economy is plummeting, prompting cutbacks [more]

04.04.08
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE JUMPS UP TO 5.1% IN MARCH Construction Industry loses another 51,000 jobs in March.

Washington DC - A third-straight sharp drop in U.S. payr [more]

04.03.08
CONCERNS ABOUT JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT & CONFIDENCE MOUNT Jobless Claims Surge in Latest Week Raising Concerns about Future Unemployment and Consumer Confidence

Washington [more]

04.02.08
STEEL FRAMING PROVIDERS ANNOUNCE MORE PRICE INCREASES Major Steel Framing Providers Announce More Price Increases in April with Escalating Steel Prices Expected Through June [more]

04.01.08
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING FALLS IN FEB - 5TH MO OF DECLINE Total construction spending decreased by 0.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.122 trillion, the Commerce Depa [more]

04.01.08
DALLAS, TEXAS BASED BAV JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - BAV, Inc. based in Dallas, Texas became a new member/owner of The Drake Group LLC effective April 1, [more]

04.01.08
TEXAS BUILDING SUPPLY JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - Texas Building Supply based in Denton, Texas became a new member/owner of The Drake Group LLC effect [more]

03.30.08
SSMA DELAYS THIRD PARTY INSPECTION FOR DRYWALL FRAMING Mission Viejo, CA - While the Steel Framing Manufacturing Association (SSMA) announced that they unamimously voted on Ma [more]

03.29.08
SSMA TO START STRUCTURAL STEEL INSPECTIONS JAN 2009 Las Vegas, NV -- The membership of the Steel Stud Manufacturers Association voted unanimously today to instruct its Boar [more]

03.28.08
KB HOME POSTS $268M LOSS WITH ORDERS DOWN 75% KB Home Posts $268 Million Loss, Deliveries Down 43%, Orders Down 75% and Sees No Near-Term Improvement

KB Home sw [more]

03.27.08
LENNAR REPORTS LOSS, ORDERS DOWN 57% & 26% CANCELATIONS Lennar Swings to Loss On Write-Offs, Revenue Drop

Lennar Corp. swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss as valuation a [more]

03.26.08
NATIONAL GYPSUM RELEASES HIGH PERFORMANCE SHEATHING PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS NOW COMES in Purple

National Gypsum Introduces Gold Bond® Brand e2XP™ Extended Exposu [more]

03.26.08
NEW HOME SALES DOWN 1.3% TO 13 YEAR LOW New-home sales fall to 13-year low with February's supply of new homes on the market stuck at 27-year high

Washing [more]

03.26.08
SAINT-GOBAIN FORMS NEW STRATEGY COMMITTEE WITH WENDEL Paris, France - A truce has broken out. The French building materials and glass conglomerate Saint-Gobain (note: Certain [more]

03.25.08
CERTAINTEED INSULATION WINS VENDOR OF YEAR AWARD CertainTeed Insulation Wins its First-Ever Drake Vendor of the Year Award

Valley Forge, PA – The Drake Group LLC, [more]

03.25.08
HOME PRICES, CONFIDENCE & EXPECTATIONS ALL DROP Home Prices' Steep Drop Continues, Consumer Confidence Fell in March, and Future Expectations sink to 35 year low.

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03.24.08
CERTAINTEED RELEASES MOISTURE & MOLD RESISTANT PANELS CertainTeed Introduces New ProRoc(R) Moisture and Mold Resistant Gypsum Board with M2Tech Technology for Interior Walls [more]

03.22.08
NEW SUPPLY ADDS TO TROUBLE IN CONDO MARKET Woes in Condo Market Build As New Supply Floods Cities

The condominium market is about to get worse as many cities [more]

03.21.08
QUIET SOLUTION FLOOR/CEILING GET UL RATINGS QuietRock and QuietWood Sound-damped Floor/Ceiling Assembly Earns UL rating

Sunnyvale, CA - Quiet Solution (Serio [more]

03.21.08
SUBS AND DEALERS FACE RISK OF HOME BLDR BANKRUPTCY Mortgage Mess Hits Home For Nation's Home Builders Delinquencies Rise,Hitting Local Banks; More Builders Facing Risk of [more]

03.20.08
BUILDER CANCELATIONS NOW TOP 43% For Home Builders, Cancellations Create Expensive Problem

New York, NY -Home builders just can't seem to shrink th [more]

03.20.08
DETRICH'S FRAMING RESULTS IMPROVE TO -1.9% EBIT/SALES Mission Viejo, CA - Within Worthington Industries latest results announcement Dietrich Metal Framing reported a $7.562 m [more]

03.20.08
LEADING INDICATORS DECLINE AGAIN IN FEBRUARY Leading Indicators Decline 0.3% in February (5th consecutive monthly decline), Lower Interest Rates Not Enough to Offset [more]

03.20.08
WENDEL TO GET 3 SEATS ON ST-GOBAIN BOARD Large and Increasing Shareholder of Saint-Gobain, Wendel, To Get Three Seats on Board of Directors. Saint Gobain is Par [more]

03.18.08
CERTAINTEED EXTENDS WARRANTY FOR GLASROC(R) SHEATHING CertainTeed Extends Long-Term Weather Exposure Warranty for GlasRoc(R) Embedded Glass Reinforced Gypsum Sheathing

[more]

03.18.08
SINGLE FAMILY STARTS HIT 17 YR LOW & PERMITS SINK 7.8% Washington DC - With no end in sight to the housing bust, new construction on single-family homes dropped by 6.7% in Feb [more]

03.17.08
BUILDER SENTIMENT REMAINS VERY LOW BUT UNCHANGED IN MAR Builder Confidence Unchanged in March

Builder confidence in the market for new single-family homes has remained un [more]

03.15.08
LARGE VEGAS COMMERCIAL PROJECT GOES INTO FORECLOSURE Continued Credit Crunch Drives Start of Foreclosure on Las Vegas Casino

Las Vegas, NV - The developer of the Cosmo [more]

03.15.08
TOLL AND KB HOME VEGAS PROJECTS IN DEFALT Two Las Vegas Projects in Default Dog Big Home Builders Toll Brothers and KB Home

Las Vegas, NV - Two massive hous [more]

03.14.08
FED INVOKES DEPRESSION-ERA LAW FOR BEAR LOAN Washington DC - Four Federal Reserve governors voted unanimously to approve a 28-day secured Fed loan facility to Bear S [more]

03.13.08
ECONOMISTS NOW FORECASTING 1.11M HOUSING STARTS IN 09 Mission Viejo, CA - In one of the latest summaries of future housing starts the March economists survey estimates that h [more]

03.10.08
FINALLY - A HIGH QUALITY TAPING TOOL RENTAL ALTERNATIVE Finally - A comprehensive, high quality, alternative to Ames for RENTAL of Automatic Taping Tools. Goldblatt Tool Compa [more]

03.07.08
A 2ND 10% WALLBOARD PRICE INCREASE ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL Mission Viejo, CA - Following the most recent February 2008 price increase efforts, major wallboard manufacturer(s) have [more]

03.07.08
UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 4.8% - BUT LOSS OF JOBS CONTINUES Economy loses over 100,000 non-farm and non-government jobs in February following bigger than previously reported declin [more]

03.06.08
HOME FORECLOSURES HIT RECORD HIGH IN 4TH QTR '07 Home Foreclosure Hit Record High in 4th Quarter of 2007 Which Will Add to the Over 10 Month Supply of Homes on the Marke [more]

03.04.08
COMMERCIAL SLOWS WITH SOME EXPECTING 15%-26% DECLINE Washington DC - Cracks are starting to show in commercial construction.

For the second month in a row, the Commerc [more]

03.04.08
CRH'S ALLIED REPORTS LOWER 5.3% EBIT/SALES IN 2007 Mission Viejo, CA - Within CRH's full year results announcement it was reported that America's Distribution (i.e. primar [more]

03.03.08
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DECLINES AGAIN - DOWN 1.7% IN JAN Washington DC - The Commerce Department reported construction spending decreased by 1.7% at a seasonally adjusted annual [more]

03.01.08
CARAUSTAR POSTS ANOTHER LOSS IN PAPER Caraustar Industries Reports 4th Quarter and Full Year Loss Which Includes Wallboard Paper Segment.

New York, NY [more]

02.29.08
ARMSTRONG CEILINGS REPORTS 14.5% EBIT/SALES Mission Viejo, CA - Armstrong Ceilings (i.e. Building Products) adjusted profit increased 22% over prior year with $46.6 [more]

02.29.08
NO DEAL: ARMSTRONG OFF THE MARKET FOR NOW Lancaster, PA - No deal: Armstrong not for sale. Company off the market after year of uncertainty, speculation. Will pay [more]

02.29.08
OWENS CORNING REPORTS 12.1% EBIT/SALES IN Q4 Mission Viejo, CA - Owens Corning recently reported $55 million operating profit on $454 million income in thier core In [more]

02.28.08
JAMES HARDIE REPORTS 16.8% EBIT/SALES IN DIFFICULT MKT James Hardie today announced a US$34.1 million net operating profit, excluding asbestos and impairment of the Blandon, P [more]

02.28.08
RECENT FORECLOSURES RUNNING 72% HIGHER THAN PRIOR YEAR Mission Viejo, CA - In January 2008 there were 233,001 foreclosures filed which is 57% higher than last year. January's [more]

02.27.08
NEW HOME SALES DIP TO 13 YEAR LOW New home sales across the country have dipped to their lowest levels in nearly 13 years.

A new U.S. Census Bureau [more]

02.27.08
TOLL BROTHERS POSTS $96M LOSS W/WRITE DOWNS Toll Brothers Inc. Wednesday said it swung to a loss in its fiscal first quarter amid further write-downs fueled by the [more]

02.26.08
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE PLUNGES 14% TO 14 YEAR LOW Job Worries Sink Consumer Confidence

New York, NY - Consumer confidence plunged in February as Americans worried [more]

02.26.08
HOME DEPOT AND LOWES EARNINGS DOWN 27% AND 33% Atlanta, GA - Home Depot Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell 27% as same-store sales slumped and the company fo [more]

02.26.08
OBAMA TALKS ABOUT JOBS AT NATIONAL GYPSUM OH PLANT Lorain, OH — Lorain County has been hit hard by America’s economic downturn and Barack Obama knows it.

The preside [more]

02.25.08
HOUSING STARTS AROUND 1 MILLION REMAIN FLAT Housing Starts Remain Virtually Flat in January. Permits down 3% to 16 year low.

Washington DC - Total housing st [more]

02.23.08
NATIONAL GYPSUM & CERTAINTEED INSULATION WIN '07 HONORS NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY & CERTAINTEED INSULATION WIN DRAKE GROUP 2007 CORE VENDOR OF THE YEAR HONORS

Mission Viej [more]

02.23.08
TOOLS FOR TRADES & GRABBER WIN 2007 HONORS TOOLS FOR TRADES & GRABBER CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS WIN DRAKE GROUP SUPPORTING VENDORS HONORS FOR 2007

Mission Viejo, [more]

02.20.08
KOCH, GP AND TEMPLE-INLAND IN THE NEWS Temple-Inland frontrunner in bid for Weyerhaeuser’s containerboard business, but Georgia-Pacific could have Temple-Inlan [more]

02.19.08
NATIONAL GYPSUM ENTERS CEMENT BOARD JV IN MEXICO Charlotte, NC - National Gypsum Company, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, announced today it has entered a joint venture [more]

02.15.08
STEEL COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE Steel Prices Continue to Rise as Raw-Material Costs Keep Going Up

Hit by higher costs and strong demand world-wide [more]

02.14.08
DISTRIBUTOR BLUELINX LOSES $34M ON $779M SALES Q4 BlueLinx Holdings Q4 Net Loss Widens; Names Doug Goforth To Succeed Lynn Wentworth As CFO

Atlanta, GA - BlueLinx H [more]

02.14.08
LAFARGE GYPSUM REPORTS NEGATIVE 30% EBIT/SALES Q4 Mission Viejo, CA - Within today's full year 2007 results announcement Lafarge (Paris) announced that their North Americ [more]

02.14.08
MORE INDICATIONS OF SLOWING COMMERCIAL SEGMENT Commercial Building Boom Softens, Spending Ebbs as Troubles On Residential Side Spread

For the past several years, [more]

02.13.08
PULTE CHAIRMAN FILES TO SELL SOME COMPANY STOCK Bloomfield Hills, MI - Pulte Homes Inc. said late Monday Chairman William J. Pulte has filed with the Securities and Exc [more]

02.12.08
THINGS REMAIN QUIET ON POTENTIAL SALE OF ARMSTRONG Armstrong still for sale, Deal is harder after 1 year. Lancaster New Era, By Tim Mekeel

Lancaster, PA - One year a [more]

02.08.08
QUIET SOLUTION SHIPS ONE MILLIONTH QUIETROCK PANEL Quiet Solution Ships 1,000,000th QuietRock Panel to Joie de Vivre Hotels; Continues Leadership Position in High Performa [more]

02.07.08
D.R.HORTON LOSES $129 MILLION, BACKLOG DOWN 52% Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss amid a further $245.5 million in inventory and land ch [more]

02.07.08
MDC REPORTS $281M LOSS IN LATEST QUARTER MDC Holdings took a big hit in the fourth quarter, with a much higher loss and EPS, and lower revenue than in the year-a [more]

02.06.08
IMPROVED STEEL FRAMING PRICING POLICIES POSSIBLE Mission Viejo, CA - In addition to higher Steel Framing Costs and Focus on Industry Compliance (i.e. all material meetin [more]

02.06.08
TEMPLE GYPSUM REPORTS 26% LOWER VOLUMES FOR 2007 Mission Viejo, CA - Within Temple Inland's fourth quarter and full years results announcement it was reported that Temep [more]

02.06.08
TOLL COMMENTS ON SALES, CANCELATIONS, WRITE DOWNS, ETC. Toll Has Seventh Straight Drop in Quarterly Revenue

Toll Brothers Inc., the largest U.S. luxury homebuilder, repor [more]

02.03.08
INVESTMENT FIRM INTERESTED IN CHAPTER 11 TREND HOMES Investment Group To Buy Trend Homes - Sale of Arizona builder is contingent on bankruptcy court approving Chapter 11 reo [more]

02.01.08
STEEL FRAMING UP ADDITIONAL 15% IN MARCH Steel Framing Costs Could Rise Another 15% As Early As March '08.

Mission Viejo, CA - With domestic steel mills a [more]

02.01.08
UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 4.9% BUT #JOBS DROPS BY 17,000 Payrolls Unexpectedly Decline, Increasing Odds of Recession; Construction jobs down by 27,000 (construction has lost ap [more]

01.31.08
FED AGGRESSIVELY CUTS INTEREST RATES ANOTHER 1/2% Fed Moves to Curb Risk of Recession Central Bank Lowers Target Rate by Half Point, Open to Further Cuts

Seeking [more]

01.31.08
JOBS & CONSUMER CONFIDENCE KEYS TO '08 RECESSION RISK With the U.S. economy technically very close to recession, today's report of higher unemployement claims should be a maj [more]

01.30.08
CALIFORNIA SUES DRYWALL CONTRACTOR RE OVERTIME PAY Calfornia Sues Drywaller For Denying Employee Overtime Pay, Breaks

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr [more]

01.30.08
CENTEX HOMES LOSS WIDENS TO $975M ON MORE WRITE DOWNS Dallas, TX - Home builder Centex Corp. posted a fiscal third-quarter loss that was more than four times wider than a yea [more]

01.30.08
EAGLE REPORTS $12 MILLION GYPSUM PROFIT IN TOUGH MARKET Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum wallboard plus paperboard) positive $11.974 operating profit during the dif [more]

01.30.08
HOME BLDR NVR DOWN 50% BUT STILL REPORTS A PROFIT NVR 4Q Profit Falls by Half

Reston, VA - Homebuilder and mortgage banker NVR Inc. said Tuesday fourth-quarter earn [more]

01.30.08
PULTE HOMES LOSS WIDENS TO $875M ON MORE WRITE OFFS UPDATE: Pulte Homes 4Q Loss Widens to $874.7 Million On Land Charges

Pulte Homes Inc.'s (PHM) fourth-quarter net l [more]

01.29.08
ANOTHER HOME BUILDER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY Homebuilder Tousa Files For Chapter 11 Protection

Homebuilder Tousa Inc., hit hard by a sharp downturn in the U.S. [more]

01.29.08
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE & EXPECTATIONS SLIDE IN JANUARY Consumer confidence falls in January Index tumbles after posting a modest gain in December. Short-term outlook turns ble [more]

01.29.08
SOME HOME PRICES DOWN 10% OR MORE VS LAST YR ALREADY Home Prices Decline at Record Rates with Some Markets like Miami, Las Vegas, San Diego and Detroit Down 10% or More Alre [more]

01.29.08
US GYPSUM $74M 4TH QTR LOSS HIGHLIGHTS COST/PRICE ISSUE Mission Viejo, CA - The continued decline in new residential demand and wallboard prices when combined with higher costs [more]

01.29.08
USG INTERIORS PERFORMANCE IMPROVES TO 15% EBIT/SALES Mission Viejo, CA - With a 24% increase in Ceiling sales from their L&W Supply Distribution Subsidiary, USG's USG Interi [more]

01.29.08
USG'S L&W DELIVERS SOLID 4.4% EBIT/SALES PERF IN Q4 Mission Viejo, CA - Following third quarter '07 EBIT/Sales performance of 3.6%, USG's L&W Supply distribution subsidiary [more]

01.28.08
NEW HOME SALES DOWN 40% IN 2007 FROM '05 PEAK New home sales: Biggest drop ever Weak December sales caps 2007's record slide, with prices for the month off sharply f [more]

01.25.08
FIXED RATE MORTGAGES PLUMMET TO FOUR YEAR LOW Lower Home Prices Combined with the Lowest Fixed Rate Mortgages in the last Four Years May be Bringing Home Buyers Back [more]

01.24.08
LENNAR LOSS WIDENS TO $1.25 BILLION IN Q4 ON LAND LOSS Lennar's Loss Widens to $1.25 Billion in the September-November 2007 Quarter on Land Sales. New Home Orders Fall 51%. [more]

01.24.08
ST-GOBAIN '07 GYPSUM EBIT/SALES 13.9% & LOWER PROFIT Mission Viejo, CA - Within today's press release Saint-Gobain (CertainTeed Gypsum and CertainTeed Insulation in the U.S. [more]

01.23.08
MERRILL LYNCH FORECASTING 25% HOME PRICE DECLINES Housing prices to free fall in 2008 According to a Merrill Lynch report, home prices will drop 15 percent this year, 10% [more]

01.22.08
FEDERAL RES MAKES DRAMATIC 3/4% DROP IN FED FUNDS RATE Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate As Recession Fears Well Up

Washington DC - The Federal Reserve, confronted with a globa [more]

01.17.08
CREDIT CRUNCH NOW HITTING COMMERCIAL SEGMENT TOO Las Vegas Default Highlights Commercial-Property Crunch

The credit crunch that roared through the residential real [more]

01.17.08
HOUSING STARTS PLUNGE 14% TO 16 YEAR LOW IN DEC '07` Housing Starts Plunge 14%, Marking Lowest Level Since 1991

Washington DC - Home construction plunged in December, [more]

01.17.08
KNAUF BUYS ADDITIONAL 289,900 SHARES OF USG JAN 15-16 Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased another 289,900 shares of USG on January 15th and J [more]

01.16.08
HACKER RELEASES NEW UNDERLAYMENT FOR STEEL FRAMED CONST HACKER INDUSTRIES, INC. RELEASES A NEW POURED FLOOR UNDERLAYMENT FOR LIGHT-GAUGE STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION

Newport [more]

01.15.08
JUST WHEN HOUSING MAY BOTTOM - RECESSION RISK LOOMS Greenspan Sees U.S. as Likely In Recession, or Soon to Be

The U.S. is probably in or about to enter a recession, f [more]

01.14.08
KNAUF BUYS ADDITIONAL 109,430 SHARES OF USG Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased another 109,430 shares of USG on January 10th and J [more]

01.09.08
KNAUF INCREASING USG SHARE PURCHASES AS PRICE DECLINES Mission Viejo, CA - With numerous purchases over the last couple of months in the $35-$36 per share range, recent SEC do [more]

01.09.08
STEEL FRAMING COSTS EXPECTED TO RISE FIRST HALF OF '08 Mission Viejo, CA - Due to 1) Rising cost from steel mills 2) some lost production and 3) lack of and/or underperforming [more]

01.08.08
KB HOMES HEMORHAGES $773 MILLION LOSS IN 4TH QUARTER KB Home, which has been battered by the weak housing market, posted a wide quarterly loss as sales sank and the company [more]

01.08.08
TOLL BRO DIRECTOR SELLS SHARES NEAR YEAR LOW Washington DC - Reuters) - A director at luxury home building Toll Brothers Inc (TOL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) recent [more]

01.07.08
KNAUF BUYS ADDITIONAL 254,800 SHARES OF USG Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased another 254,800 shares of USG on January 3rd and Ja [more]

01.07.08
NEGWER MATERIALS COMPLETES ACQUISITION IN ARKANSAS Mission Viejo, CA - Negwer Materials, based out of St. Louis, MO recently completed the strategic acquisition of ASCO Do [more]

01.07.08
OFFICE VACANCY RATE RISES FOR FIRST TIME IN 4 YEARS For the first time in four years, the national vacancy rate for office buildings rose in the fourth quarter, as an unusu [more]

01.04.08
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 5.0% - CONST DOWN 49,000 JOBS Washington DC - U.S. employment posted its smallest increase in over four years last month as the housing downturn conti [more]

01.04.08
WESTSIDE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF EXPO BLDG MATERIALS Anaheim, CA - Westside Building Materials Corp., headquartered in Anaheim, CA is pleased to announce that it has complet [more]

01.03.08
KNAUF BUYS ADDITIONAL $10.875 MILLION OF USG STOCK Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased another 301,600 shares of USG between December 31st [more]

01.03.08
LENNAR EXECUTIVE SELLS SHARES NEAR 52 WEEK LOW A vice president of Lennar Corp. sold 30,000 shares of common stock Thursday, a Securities and Exchange Commission Form [more]

01.03.08
RESIDENTIAL SPENDING DOWN 17.5% VS. PRIOR YEAR NOVEMBER A key measure of U.S. manufacturing contracted sharply in December, in a sign that recent strength in export-related bus [more]

01.03.08
STUDY SUGGESTS HOME PRICES MAY FALL ADDITIONAL 15% Home Prices Must Fall Far To Be In Sync With Rents

U.S. house prices "likely would have to fall considerably" to r [more]

01.02.08
NAHB CAUTIOUSLY PREDICTS HOUSING BOTTOM BY MID 2008 The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) is forecasting that the housing market could reach bottom by the second [more]

01.01.08
BADGERLAND SUPPLY JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - Badgerland Supply, Inc based in Madison, Wisconsin became a new member/owner of The Drake Group LLC [more]

01.01.08
DRYWALL SUPPLY JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - Drywall Supply, Inc based in Lincoln, Nebraska became the newest member/owner of The Drake Group LLC [more]

01.01.08
VIRGINIA BUILDERS SUPPLY JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - Virginia Builders Supply, Inc based in Richmond, Virginia became a new member/owner of The Drake Gro [more]

12.29.07
KNAUF CONTINUES HOLIDAY PURCHASE SPREE OF USG STOCK KNAUF CONTINUES PURCHASING USG SHARES THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS: Knauf Buys Additional 165,300 Shares of USG For Approximatel [more]

12.28.07
ADDITIIONAL BANKRUPTCIES EXPECTED IN 2008 Bankruptcies Likely To Rise Again In 2008 - Continued troubles in residential segment expected to create more cash flow [more]

12.28.07
NEW HOMES SALES TUMBLED 9% IN NOVEMBER TO 12 YR LOW New-Home Sales Tumbled 9% Amid Falling Prices in November

Washington DC - New-home sales retreated during November [more]

12.26.07
KNAUF CONTINUES PURCHASING OF USG SHARES Knauf Buys Additional 278,200 Shares of USG For Approximately $9.898 Million

Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC docume [more]

12.21.07
KNAUF PURCHASES YET MORE, 239,300 SHARES, OF USG Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased another 239,200 shares of USG on December 18th and [more]

12.20.07
DIETRICH $16M LOSS MAY REFLECT METAL FRAMING LOW POINT Mission Viejo, CA - With the most recent $16 million quarter loss, as part of a $46 million loss over the past year, Wor [more]

12.18.07
HOUSING STARTS DROP WITH PERMITS HITTING 14 YEAR LOW Washington DC - Housing starts fell in the U.S. and building permits slid to a 14-year low in November, providing no evi [more]

12.18.07
KNAUF BUYS ANOTHER 268,200 SHARES OF USG CORPORATION Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased another 268,200 shares of USG between December 14th [more]

12.17.07
BUILDER SENTIMENT REMAINS STEADY AT LOWEST LEVEL EVER Washington DC - A gauge of the sentiment of U.S. builders held steady another month as they remain worried about mortgag [more]

12.14.07
ENERGY COSTS BEHIND HIGHER 4.3% INFLATION PACE Inflation Accelerated Last Month On Higher Prices for Energy

Washington DC - U.S. consumer prices surged in Novemb [more]

12.14.07
KNAUF BUYS ADDITIONAL 192,500 SHARES OF USG Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased another 192,500 shares of USG on December 12th and [more]

12.11.07
ARMSTRONG STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES STILL UNCERTAIN Armstrong World Industries strategic review may be leaning towards asset sale to finance buyback

Armstrong World I [more]

12.07.07
HOME FORECLOSURES SURGE TO AN ALL TIME HIGH The number of homes starting foreclosure jumped in the third quarter to the highest level since the Mortgage Bankers Ass [more]

12.07.07
UNEMPLOYMENT STEADY AT 4.7% - CONSTRUCTION LOSES 24M Total Unemployment remains at 4.7% while the Construction Industry Loses 24,000 jobs in November.

Washington DC - [more]

12.06.07
GOVERNMENT UNVEILS PLAN TO HELP HOMEOWNERS Bush and Paulson Unveil Plan To Aid Struggling Homeowners

Washington DC - President Bush rolled out multiple measu [more]

12.06.07
TOLL BRO BACKLOG DOWN 36% WITH 39% CANCELLATION RATE Toll Brothers Swings to Loss On Land Value Write-Downs

Toll Brothers Inc. Thursday said it swung to a loss in its [more]

11.30.07
FIDELITY'S PRO-BUILD TO PURCHASE HOME DEPOT SUPPLY UNIT Pro-Build agrees to purchase HD Supply Lumber Yard and Building Materials unit

Pro-Build Holdings has agreed to p [more]

11.29.07
GDP GROWS 4.9% Q3- NEW HOME SALES DOWN 24% LAST YEAR New-Home Sales Post Modest Gain Because Prior Months Revised Down

Economy Grew 4.9% in 3rd Quarter

Washingto [more]

11.28.07
KNAUF BUYS ADDITIONAL 45,800 SHARES OF USG CORPORATION Mission Viejo, CA - Recent SEC documents reveal that Knauf purchased an additional 45,800 shares of USG on November 27th [more]

11.28.07
WENDEL INCREASED SAINT-GOBAIN STAKE TO 17.8% Paris, France - French holding company Wendel (MF.FR) confirmed a press report Wednesday that it has increased its stake [more]

11.27.07
HOME PRICES DROP 4.5% & CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DOWN 8.3% Home Prices Post Record Drop & Consumer Confidence Also Retreats

New York, NY - U.S. home prices fell 4.5% in the [more]

11.27.07
KNAUF BUYS ADDITIONAL $5.5M OF USG STOCK Mission Viejo, CA - Another day, relatively soft stock market, near record low U.S. dollar, and Knauf buys more USG shar [more]

11.26.07
MORTGAGE PROBLEMS TO ADD MORE HOMES ON MARKET IN 2008 Washington DC - The subprime mortgage crisis is poised to get much worse.

Next year, interest rates are set to ris [more]

11.21.07
KNAUF BUYS YET MORE USG SHARES Mission Viejo, CA - Another day, relatively soft stock market, near record low U.S. dollar, and Knauf buys more USG shar [more]

11.21.07
NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION UP 3%, PERMITS DOWN 6.6% IN OCT Home Building Rises Slightly,But Weakness Lingers

The sluggish pace of home building in October offered little sol [more]

11.20.07
KNAUF CONTINUES TO BUY USG STOCK Mission Viejo, CA - In recently released SEC documents it was reported that Knauf (Gerbr. Knauf Verwaltungsgesellschaft [more]

11.19.07
JAMES HARDIE REPORTS 19.1% EBIT/SALES IN LATEST QUARTER Mission Viejo, CA - Despite the dramatic decline in residential construction in the United States James Hardie reported [more]

11.16.07
ISSUES SURROUNDING ST GOBAIN, LAFARGE, RUMORS Full Saint-Gobain, Lafarge may not be made for each other (Gypsum is only business in common)

PARIS (Reuters) - Po [more]

11.14.07
ANOTHER BLDR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY - LEVITT IN FLORIDA Levitt and Sons Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in Florida. Newmann Homes in Chicago filed for Bankruptcy se [more]

11.09.07
LAFARGE GYPSUM REPORTS NEGATIVE 21.8% EBIT/SALES IN Q3 Mission Viejo, CA - While there has been significantly less publicly avaiable information on Lafarge's North American Gy [more]

11.08.07
BEAZER HOMES SUSPENDS DIVIDEND & CUTS JOBS Beazer Homes Suspends Dividend, Cuts Jobs and Under Investigation.

Boston, MA - Beazer Homes USA Inc., the home bu [more]

11.08.07
FED CHIEF BERNANKE SAYS HOUSING SLUMP INTENSIFYING Washington DC - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that while the most recent data suggest a "resilient" economy [more]

11.08.07
TOLL BROTHERS NET CONTRACTS DECLINE BY 48% Philadelphia, PA - Toll Brothers Inc., the nation's largest builder of luxury homes, on Thursday said home building reve [more]

11.07.07
ARMSTRONG REPORTS GROWTH AND STRONG 18.6% EBIT/SALES Mission Viejo, CA - Within Armstrong World Industries latest results announcement, Building Products (i.e. Ceilings) rep [more]

11.06.07
HOVNANIAN HOMES DELIVERS 19% FEWER HOMES Hovnanian Enterprises Reports Preliminary Net Contracts and Deliveries for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2007

Red [more]

11.02.07
OC EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 9% DURING 3RD QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Within Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) latest results announcement it was reported that their Insulating Sy [more]

11.02.07
S&P LOWERS LENNAR DEBT TO JUNK BOND STATUS Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Friday cut its corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings for national hom [more]

11.01.07
FIRST NEW ECO-ROCK PLANT & TECHOLOGY BEING BUILT IN 08 Serious Materials Receives $50 Million in Funding to Build New Panel Plant in Stockton, California to Compete against Gy [more]

10.31.07
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES 0.3% - COMMERCIAL STRONG U.S. construction spending rises 0.3%. September gains in commercial, public projects offset housing

Washington DC [more]

10.31.07
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DROPS 3.9% IN OCTOBER New York, NY — With Christmas only about eight weeks away, shoppers are feeling more forlorn about the economy than they [more]

10.30.07
NAHB EXPECTS HOUSING TO BOTTOM AND START RECOVERY IN 08 Washington DC -Though there appears to be no let-up to the current housing downswing, economists participating in the NA [more]

10.29.07
USG SHUTTING DOWN NEW ORLEANS WALLBOARD PLT IN DEC Unites States Gypsum plant in New Orleans cutting jobs and shutting down wallboard production.

Associated Press - [more]

10.28.07
KNAUF INVESTS ADDITIONAL $5.9M IN USG CORPORATION Mission Viejo, CA - As reported in SEC documents, over the past couple of weeks Knauf (Nikolaus Knauf) has purchased an [more]

10.26.07
VACANT & FOR SALE HOMES AT FOUR-DECADE HIGH Overbuilding, Rising Foreclosures Keep Homeowner Vacancy High

Washington DC - The percentage of U.S. homes that ar [more]

10.25.07
BUILDSITE FORMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH DRAKE GROUP BuildSite Forms Strategic Partnership with the Drake Group

Business Wire - The Drake Group, an association of 77 [more]

10.25.07
KNAUF INTRODUCES HIGH PERFORMANCE JET STREAM 73.3 Knauf Introduces New High Performance Blowing Insulation - Jet Stream 73.3

Shelbyville, IN - Knauf Insulation [more]

10.25.07
NEW HOME SALES UP 4.8% IN AUG - YTD DOWN 23.3% New-Home Sales Rose Last Month,But August Drop Revised Lower

Washington DC - September U.S. new home sales, lifted [more]

10.23.07
US GYPSUM FALLS TO $14M LOSS FROM WALLBOARD PERFORMANCE Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation's (NYSE: USG) latest results announcement United States Gypsum Company (U.S. [more]

10.23.07
USG INTERIORS PERFORMANCE JUMPS TO 12.5% EBIT/SALES Mission Viejo, CA - With a 53% increase in sales of ceiling products by USG's distribution subsidiary, L&W Supply (inclu [more]

10.23.07
USG'S L&W SUPPLY PROFIT PLUNGES 51% TO 3.6% EBIT/SALES Mission Viejo, CA - Following a very good operating performance in the second quarter USG's L&W Supply distribution subs [more]

10.22.07
EAGLE/AMERICAN REPORTS LOWER 15.6% EBIT/SALES IN QIII Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum wallboard plus paperboard) EBIT/Sales for the July-August '07 quarter decli [more]

10.17.07
HOUSING STARTS DOWN 10% IN SEPT TO 1.2M LEVEL U.S. Housing Starts Slide to Lowest Level Since 1993

Washington DC - Housing starts in the U.S. plunged more than [more]

10.16.07
D.R. HORTON NEW HOME ORDERS DROP 39% D.R. Horton Inc. posted a 39% drop in fiscal fourth-quarter net orders as the cancellation rate at the nation's largest [more]

10.16.07
FED CHIEF SAYS HOUSING TO GET WORSE IN 08 - NOT BETTER Bernanke Spots Relief in Markets, Fed Chief Says Rate Cuts Worked to Ease Pressure.

New York, NY - Federal Reserv [more]

10.16.07
HOME BUILDER CONFIDENCE HIT ALL TIME, 22 YEAR, LOW Home Builders' Confidence. Hit All-Time Low in September

Washington DC - The confidence of U.S. home builders has [more]

10.16.07
TREASUREY SEC EXPECTS MORE HOUSING START DECLINES Treasury Secretary Paulson Says Housing Is Likely To Adversely Affect Economy & Endorses Standards for Mortgage Brokers, [more]

10.15.07
CERTAINTEED TO BUILD NEW LAS VEGAS JOINT TREATMENT PLT Mission Viejo, CA – CertainTeed Gypsum, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest producer of gypsum products, t [more]

10.12.07
CENTEX WRITE OFF NEAR $1 BILLION ABOUT 13% OF EQUITY Centex to Take Nearly $1 Billion In Charges, Hurt by Housing Market

Centex Corp. said it plans to take nearly $1 b [more]

10.10.07
OWENS CORNING EARNS GOVERNMENT SAFETY RECOGNITION Owens Corning Facilities Earn Government Recognition for Health and Safety Excellence

Toledo, OH - Owens Corning ( [more]

10.09.07
ECONOMIST EXPECTS HOUSING TO HIT BOTTOM THIS WINTER The U.S. subprime crisis is likely to get worse, dragging down U.S. economic growth, the chief economist of Standard & P [more]

10.02.07
PENDING HOME SALES TUMBLE TO LOWEST LEVEL EVER Washington DC - The battered housing sector took another blow Tuesday, with an industry group reporting that a gauge of [more]

10.01.07
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR ADDS NEW TUSCALOOSA, AL FACILITY Mission Viejo, CA - Leading specialty distributor Interior/Exterior headquartered out of New Orleans recently announced [more]

09.28.07
DIETRICH REPORTS $8M LOSS IN LATEST QUARTER Mission Viejo, CA - Within Worthington Industries, Inc. results announcement it was reported that Dietrich Metal Framing [more]

09.27.07
KB HOMES REPORTS $478M LOSS - UNITS DOWN 28% Los Angeles, CA - KB Home (NYSE:KBH), one of America’s largest homebuilders, today reported financial results for its th [more]

09.27.07
NEW HOME SALES TUMBLE 8.3% TO 7 YEAR LOW New-Home Sales Tumble 8.3% As Prices Decline More Than 7%

Washington DC - New-home sales resumed falling in August [more]

09.27.07
ROBERTS NAMED DIETRICH PRESIDENT, MUIRHEAD VP SALES&MKT Columbus, OH - Worthington Industries (NYSE: WOR) announced yesterday that John Roberts is being named president of Diet [more]

09.26.07
DIETRICH TO CONSOLIDATE METAL FRAMING FACILITIES Dietrich to Consolidate Five Metal Framing Facilities

Worthington Industries announced it will begin implementing [more]

09.26.07
MANY STILL LOOKING FOR BOTTOM OF HOUSING MARKET Housing Chill Grows Worse,Bites Consumers

The housing market is going into a deeper chill, and consumers are start [more]

09.25.07
AWARENESS OF IMPROVED SOUND PERFORMANCE OPTIONS GROWS New Survey Shows Soundproof Drywall Awareness Grows QuietRock Leads All Others

Sunnyvale, CA – Quiet Solution, th [more]

09.25.07
HOMES FOR SALE INVENTORY INCREASES TO 10 MONTHS Washington DC - Demand for previously owned homes tumbled in August to the lowest level in five years as mortgage market [more]

09.25.07
LENNAR LOSS OF $514M WITH MORE WRITE DOWNS AND JOB CUTS Lennar Posts Net Loss, Cuts Jobs As Homebuilding Revenue Shrinks

Miami, FL - Lennar Corp. swung to fiscal third-qu [more]

09.25.07
MAJOR STEEL FRAMING PRICE INCREASE EXPECTED IN OCTOBER Mission Viejo, CA - Following industry leader, Dietrich Metal Framing, all other major steel framing manufacturers have [more]

09.25.07
STEEL COSTS RISING - PREDICTIONS OF 10%+ PRICE INCREASE Steel Costs Rising - Predictions of at least 10% price increases.

The world's steelmakers could face significantly [more]

09.21.07
DIETRICH LEADING DOUBLE DIGIT STEEL INCREASE FOR OCT Mission Viejo, CA - Dietrich Metal Framing earlier this week announced that they will implement a double digit price inc [more]

09.19.07
CANADA'S FEDERAL GYPSUM IN BANKRUPTCY Federal Gypsum Company under bankruptcy protection

Point Tupper, Canada - A troubled wallboard company here that [more]

09.19.07
HOUSING STARTS DROP 2.6% TO 12 YEAR LOW IN AUGUST U.S. August housing starts down 2.6 pct to 1.331 million rate, permits down 5.9% to 1.307 million annual rate.

Was [more]

09.18.07
FEDERAL RESERVE CUTS RATES BY HALF POINT The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates for the first time in four years to counter a freeze-up in financial m [more]

09.18.07
NATIONAL GYPSUM MARKETING TO HISPANIC INFLUENCERS National Gypsum Lands Innovative Hispanic Marketing Partnership…with a Red Grasshopper?

Charlotte, NC - National G [more]

09.17.07
ALLIED EXPECTED TO PURCHASE RINKER GYP DIST IN FLORIDA Irish building-materials group CRH PLC (parent Company of Allied) said Monday it is in talks to buy up to $4.5 billion o [more]

09.14.07
ECONOMIST SEES HOUSING AT 1.0-1.4M UNITS THROUGH 2009 UCLA Anderson Forecast: Economy ''A Near Recession Experience,'' Outlook on Housing Starts Lowered Again

Los Ange [more]

09.13.07
HOMES FOR SALE INCREASED 1.8% IN AUGUST The number of homes for sale in 18 major metropolitan areas increased modestly in August.

Total listings of homes [more]

09.12.07
PRICING STRATEGY FOR THE SALES PROFESSIONAL - TEXAS A&M REGISTRATION TO CLOSE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH. CALL THE DRAKE GROUP OFFICE AT 949-582-8695 TO RESERVE A SPOT NOW.

M [more]

09.12.07
SMALLER HOMES ADDS TO RESIDENTIAL DEMAND WOES Size of New Homes Starts Shrinking As Builders Battle Housing Slump

The McMansion may be shrinking.

With the [more]

09.09.07
NATIONAL GYPSUM IDLES CAPACITY AS NEW NC PLT GEARS UP Mission Viejo, CA - As National Gypsum Company begins shipping wallboard from it new, modern, high speed facility in Mt. [more]

09.08.07
STEEL PRICES POISED TO RISE FASTER Steel prices around the world are likely to increase faster than predicted if China, as expected in October, moves to re [more]

09.07.07
UNEMPLOYMENT STILL 4.6% BUT JOBS DECLINE IN AUGUST Payrolls Fall for First Time Since 2003,Likely Pressuring Fed to Cut Rates. The construction industry lost 22,000 jobs [more]

09.05.07
PENDING HOME SALES DECLINE 12% Washington DC - Future home sales could tumble, according to a housing industry forecasting tool that delivers another s [more]

09.04.07
CERTAINTEED GYPSUM NEW WEST VIRGINIA PLT GETTING READY Moundsville, WV - One thing is for certain in Marshall County: there’s an industrial revolution taking place.

Amer [more]

09.04.07
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING FALLS IN JULY DUE TO HOUSING Construction Spending Declines As Housing Outlays Plunge

Washington DC -U.S. construction spending unexpectedly tu [more]

08.28.07
BUILDERS REPORTING MORE LOST SALES FROM CREDIT CRUNCH More tightening of mortgage credit for prospective home buyers just in the past month has further weakened housing marke [more]

08.28.07
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DROPS 6.2% TO 2 YEAR LOW IN AUG Consumer Confidence Down In August: Subprime woes and stock market jitters make consumers less likely to buy big ticket [more]

08.28.07
USG INTERIORS RED WING, MN PLANT EARNS SAFETY AWARD Red Wing, MN - USG Interiors, Inc., a subsidiary of USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), announced today that its plant in Red W [more]

08.27.07
HOME DEPOT SUPPLY PRICE CUT 18% TO $8.5 BILLION Home Depot Hit As Credit Crunch Squeezes Deals

The global credit crunch has begun to put a squeeze on the buyout b [more]

08.24.07
CERTAINTEED TO START MANUFACTURING CEILING GRID CertainTeed Begins Production of Suspended Ceiling Grids in North America

CertainTeed further strengthens its susp [more]

08.24.07
NEW HOME SALES INCREASE 2.8% IN JULY U.S. New-Home Sales Unexpectedly Increase 2.8% to 870,000 Pace

Wahington DC - Sales of new homes in the U.S. unex [more]

08.23.07
HOME DEPOT SUPPLY SALE MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN TODAY Sale of Home Depot supply unit in doubt. Some recent news articles report possibility of 10%-15% drop in price.

H [more]

08.22.07
TOLL EARNINGS DOWN 85% - WRITE OFFS & 24% CANCELS Toll Brothers Posts 85% Drop in Net On Writedowns, Slower Construction

Toll Brothers Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter n [more]

08.21.07
LOWE'S REPORTS 11.5% EBIT/SALES & TAKING MARKET SHARE Lowe's Cos on Monday reported a higher-than-expected second-quarter profit as the home improvement retailer gained marke [more]

08.16.07
HOUSING STARTS DROP 6.1% TO 10 YEAR LOW Housing Starts Fall 6.1% to 10-Year Low Amid Slow Sales, Tightening Credit.

Washington DC - Home builders slowed g [more]

08.16.07
LACK OF NEAR TERM PROFITABILITY SIGNALED FOR DIETRICH COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Metal processor Worthington Industries Inc. on Thursday said its profit will likely decline below [more]

08.16.07
REMODELING INDEX DECLINES IN 2ND QTR 2007 Washington DC - Remodeling activity slowed slightly in the second quarter of 2007, according to the National Association [more]

08.15.07
DISTRIBUTOR BLUELINX REPORT 0.8% EBIT/SALES IN 2ND QTR BlueLinx Holdings, the Atlanta-based building distributor previously spun off from Georgia Pacific, reported $1.08 billi [more]

08.15.07
HARDIE REPORTS HIGHER PROFIT AND 17.7% EBIT/SALES IN Q2 Mission Viejo, CA - Within James Hardie's latest results announcement they reported a 9.2% increase in EBIT (after $30.1 [more]

08.15.07
HOME DEPOT SUPPLY CLOSING PUSHED BACK TO 8-23 Home Depot, Supply Buyers Agree to Delay Deal Closing

Home Depot Inc. said in that the intended buyers of the comp [more]

08.14.07
HOME DEPOT REPORTS 11.5% EBIT/SALES & SUPPLY ISSUES Mission Viejo, CA - Within The Home Depot's results announcement earlier today, it was reported that Home Depot had $2.5 [more]

08.13.07
SOLID COMMERCIAL MKT OFFSETS SOME OF RESIDENTIAL ILLS Commercial Building Bolsters Cities Retail, Office Projects Cushion Residential Hit In Phoenix, Other Areas

Phoen [more]

08.10.07
HOME DEPOT SUPPLY MAY SELL AT LOWER PRICE Home Depot Supply May Sell at Lower Price - Similar situation may also exist regarding potential change of ownership at [more]

08.08.07
ST LOUIS BASED P&A DRYWALL SUPPLY OPENS 2 NEW YARDS Mission Viejo, CA - St. Louis based P&A Drywall Supply Inc. recently announced the opening of two additional locations: [more]

08.08.07
TOLL BRO REVENUE DOWN 21%, CONTRACTS DOWN 31% Toll Brothers' Revenue Declines 21% As Contracts Fall 31% in Shaky Market. Cancellation rate 24%.

Luxury-home bui [more]

08.07.07
LAFARGE GYPSUM REPORTS 2ND QTR & FIRST HALF RESULTS Mission Viejo, CA - Within Lafarge's most recent results announcement they reported January - June 2007 sales of approx [more]

08.07.07
TEMPLE SELLS TIMBERLAND AS PART OF 3 CO. SEPARATION Temple Inland to sell timberland as part of its transformation into three stand-alone companies.

Austin, TX - Temp [more]

08.06.07
MORTGAGE WOES CONTINUE TO NEGATIVELY EFFECT HOUSING Housing Market May Weaken Even Further As Mortgage Industry Takes Cure

After a binge of lax lending in recent year [more]

08.05.07
ENERGY COST & REGULATION DRIVE INCREASED INSULATION USE San Jose, CA - Worldwide thermal insulation market is substantially large, multifaceted and encompasses a comprehensive [more]

08.04.07
RESIDENTIAL BEACON WEYERHAEUSER EARNINGS DOWN 89% Weyerhaeuser Earnings Drop 89% Amid Continuing Housing Slump

Weyerhaeuser Co.'s second-quarter results provide fur [more]

08.04.07
THOSE WITH STRENGTH IN COMMERCIAL MAXIMIZING VALUE Market Spotlight:Commercial Construction

New York, NY - Growth in commercial construction spending has been a boo [more]

08.03.07
CARAUSTAR CLOSE TO BREAK-EVEN - LOWER WALLBOARD VOLUMES Mission Viejo, CA - Within today's press release (results announcement) Caraustar Industries Inc. reported a $2.3 millio [more]

08.03.07
UNEMPLOYEMENT RISES 0.1% TO 4.6% IN JULY-CONST DOWN 12M Washington DC - U.S. employment growth slowed and the jobless rate ticked up last month as job losses in manufacturing, [more]

08.01.07
AMERICAN HOME MTG PLUNGES ON BANKRUPTCY CONCERN San Francisco, CA - American Home Mortgage Investment Corp., the 10th-largest mortgage lender in the U.S., teetered on t [more]

08.01.07
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE CLIMBS TO SIX YEAR HIGH The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had dipped in June, rebounded in July. The Index now stands at 112 [more]

08.01.07
MASCO INSTALLATION REPORTS 8.9% EBIT/SALES IN Q2 Mission Viejo, CA - Within Masco Coroporation's April-June results announcement it was reported that their Insulation In [more]

08.01.07
OWENS CORNING INSULATION EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 9.5% Q2 Mission Viejo, CA - After reporting 20.3% EBIT/Sales in 4th qtr '06 and 12.6% EBIT/Sales in the 1st quarter of '07, Owen [more]

08.01.07
U.S. FORECLOSURES RISE 58% IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 The number of U.S. homes facing foreclosure surged 58 percent in the first six months of the year, the latest sign of mo [more]

07.30.07
ARMSTRONG EBIT/SALES IMPROVES TO 18.3% DURING 2ND QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Reporting improved sales and profit Armstrong World Industries Building Products (i.e. Ceilings) bus [more]

07.30.07
EAGLE'S 23.8% EBIT/SALES HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVING LOW COST Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum wallboard plus paperboard) EBIT/Sales for the April-June '07 quarter declin [more]

07.30.07
GYPSUM ASSOCIATION REPORTS WALLBOARD DEMAND DOWN 18% Mission Viejo, CA - The Gypsum Association (see link on left side of www.GypsumToday.com) has recently reported that tot [more]

07.26.07
BEAZER HOMES: $123M LOSS AND 36% FEWER CLOSINGS Beazer Homes loss dips to $123 million, closings down 36%, new home orders down 30%.

Beazer Homes USA Inc., which [more]

07.26.07
HOME BUILDERS BUILDING SMALLER HOMES TO MEET MKT NEEDS KB and Other Home Builders Looking to Building Smaller Homes

At a time when the housing industry is in a major an [more]

07.26.07
NEW HOMES SALES FALL ANOTHER 6.6% IN JUNE New Home Sales Fell 6.6% in June As Inventories Rose, Prices Declined

Washington DC - New home sales took their fi [more]

07.26.07
PULTE HOMES REPORTS 508M LOSS WITH LAND WRITE-DOWNS Pulte posts 2nd-quarter loss as housing slump continues

Pulte Homes Inc., the third-largest U.S. home builder, rep [more]

07.26.07
SAINT-GOBAIN REPORTS 6MO GYPSUM & INSULATION RESULTS Mission Viejo, CA - Within Saint-Gobain's 6 month 2007 results announcement their Interior Solutions (insulation and gyp [more]

07.25.07
CENTEX $128M LOSS WITH CLOSINGS DOWN 27% IN Q2 Centex Corp. on Tuesday added to the bad news about the nation's housing industry with reports of a $128 million loss fo [more]

07.25.07
D.R. HORTON REPORTS $824M LOSS WITH MAJOR WRITE-DOWNS Home Builder D.R. Horton Swings to Loss Amid Downturn

Homebuilder D.R. Horton, which earlier this month disclosed [more]

07.25.07
L&W EBIT/SALES IMPROVES TO 6.8% IN 2ND QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG's latest July 24th results announcement it was reported that their L&W distribution subsi [more]

07.25.07
US GYPSUM EBIT/SALES DOWN 50% TO 6.1% IN Q2 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) July 24th results announcement United States Gypsum Company (U.S. [more]

07.25.07
USG INTERIORS EBIT/SALES IMPROVES TO 8.8% IN 2ND QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Withing USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) July 24th results announcement it was reported that USG's Worldw [more]

07.24.07
SAINT GOBAIN BUYING OC SIDING & DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS Owens Corning Agrees to Sell Its Sidings Business Owens Corning has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Siding [more]

07.23.07
PRIVATE EQUITY BAIN BUYS AMERICAN STD'S BATH & KITCHEN American Standard Agrees to Sell Kitchen and Bath Business to Bain Capital Partners

American Standard Cos. said it [more]

07.18.07
HOUSING STARTS UP 2.3%, PERMITS DOWN 7.5% IN JUNE Washington DC - Builders in the U.S. unexpectedly started work on more homes last month while permits for future constru [more]

07.17.07
CONSTRUCTION JOBS PREVIOUSLY OVERSTATED The Labor Department's payroll survey has missed up to 139,000 construction layoffs, a new analysis of underlying payrol [more]

07.16.07
ROHM & HASS LAUNCHES NEW GREEN BINDER FOR INSULATION Rohm And Haas Launches Environmentally Friendly Aquaset™ Binders

Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia-based Rohm and Ha [more]

07.13.07
DEPT OF ENERGY TEAMING WITH CERTAINTEED GYPSUM Gilbert, AZ - HydroMax(R), an advanced gasification technology being developed by Diversified Energy Corporation (DEC) a [more]

07.10.07
D.R. HORTON REPORTS 40% DROP IN ORDERS & 38% CANCELS D.R. Horton Inc., the largest U.S. home builder by number of units, said it will report a third-quarter loss as orders p [more]

07.06.07
UNEMPLOYMENT STEADY AT 4.5% - CONSTRUCTION UP 12M JOBS Washington DC - U.S. employment posted a solid rise last month on strong hiring in health care and government and previo [more]

07.05.07
NUMBER OF HOMES ON MARKET INCREASES 2.5% IN JUNE The number of homes on the market in 18 major metropolitan areas continues to grow.

Total listings of homes in the [more]

06.29.07
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES MORE THAN EXPECTED IN MAY Washington DC - The Department of Commerce released its report on construction spending in the month of May on Friday, s [more]

06.28.07
DIETRICH NEAR BREAK EVEN WITH IMPROVEMENTS EXPECTED Mission Viejo, CA - Within Worthington Industries (NYSE: WOR) results announcement it was reported that Dietrich metal f [more]

06.28.07
KB HOMES REPORTS LOSS AND DETERIORATING MKT CONDITIONS KB Home, one of the nation's largest home builders, said it swung to a loss OF $148.7 million in the fiscal second quart [more]

06.27.07
TOOLPRO ADDS NORTHSTAR TAPING TOOLS TOOLPRO ADDS NORTHSTAR TAPING TOOLS TO THEIR PRODUCT OFFERING

Kennesaw, Ga. – ToolPro now carries NorthStar Drywal [more]

06.26.07
LENNAR REPORTS MAJOR LOSS & CONTINUED HOUSING WEAKNESS Lennar Corp., one of the nation's largest home builders, swung to a fiscal second-quarter loss as results were hurt by c [more]

06.26.07
NEW HOME SALES, PRICES & CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DECLINE New-Home Sales, Prices and Consumer Confidence Decline in May

Washington DC - New-home sales resumed falling in Ma [more]

06.25.07
D. R. HORTON DOESN'T EXPECT HOUSING RECOVERY UNTIL 2009 Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: D. R. Horton CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Inter [more]

06.25.07
INVENTORY OF HOMES FOR SALE INCREASES TO 8.9 MONTHS Washington DC - Existing-home sales fell during May to their lowest level in nearly four years, while inventories climbe [more]

06.22.07
STEEL FRAMING PRICES EXPECTED TO INCREASE 12% IN JULY Mission Viejo, CA - With a relatively strong commercial construction market and most major manufacturers hemoraging (see [more]

06.20.07
MAY HOUSING STARTS DROP - 24.2% BELOW MAY '06 Washington DC - Housing starts nationwide fell in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.47 million, a decline of [more]

06.19.07
HOME DEPOT SELLS SUPPLY UNIT TO PRIVATE EQUITY TRIO Home Depot reaches deal to sell its construction-supply business to trio of private equity firms for $10.3 billion.

[more]

06.18.07
HOME ACRES ACQUIRES INDIANA BASED FISHERS BLDG SUPPLY Mission Viejo, CA - Grand Rapids, Michigan based Home Acres Building Supply Co. LLC (“Home Acres”) announced the acquisi [more]

06.18.07
HOME BLDRS CONFIDENCE DROPS TO LOWEST IN 16 YEARS Washington DC - Home builders, worried about subprime loan problems and rising mortgage rates, are losing their confiden [more]

06.15.07
HOME DEPOT SUPPLY MAY BE SOLD TO PRIVATE EQUITY SOON In February Home Depot announced it would be exploring strategic alternatives for the HD Supply business, which was a co [more]

06.14.07
HARVARD CONCERNED ABOUT HOUSING ''AFORDABILITY'' Harvard Releases the 2007 State of the Nation's Housing Report

Cambridge, MA - The U.S. housing market continues t [more]

06.09.07
INVENTORIES AND AFFORDABILITY PROLONG HOUSING SLUMP Economists See Housing Slump Enduring Longer Downturn than Previously Expected

Washington DC - Economists are giv [more]

06.08.07
GYPSUM INDUSTRY EXPECTED TO FACE SITUATION LIKE LUMBER Lumber Prices Flutter From Mill Closures, Not Demand Hike - Gypsum Industry expected to face significant reductions and/ [more]

06.07.07
MEXICO'S CEMEX FINALLY GETTING CONTROL OF RINKER Mexico's Cemex Says Offer For Rinker Is Unconditional

Melbourne Australia - Mexico's Cemex declared Thursday its U [more]

06.06.07
INVENTORIES OF UNSOLD HOMES RISE IN MAY Rise in Home Inventory Continues to Hurt Prices

Emeryville, CA Growing inventories of unsold homes continue to wei [more]

06.06.07
MANAGEMENT CHANGES ANNOUNCED AT DIETRICH METAL FRAMING Mission Viejo, CA - Worthington Industries, Inc. reported yesterday, June 5th, that Edmund L. Ponko, Jr., President of D [more]

06.06.07
REALTORS LOWER NEW HOME SALES - EST -18.2% FOR 2007 Realtors Cut 2007 Forecast Again

Washington DC - The National Association of Realtors again lowered its U.S. housi [more]

06.04.07
GYPSUM ASSOCIATION RELEASES FINISHING RECOMMENDATIONS Gypsum Association Releases Revised Finishing Recommendations

WASHINGTON, DC – The Gypsum Association announces th [more]

06.01.07
UNEMPLOYMENT STEADY 4.5% - CONSTRUCTION JOBS ALSO FLAT U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Grow by 157,000 Jobs, Consumer confidence solid and interest rate cut hopes diminished.

Wash [more]

05.30.07
HOME BLDR PULTE CUTTING 16% - 1900 JOBS Pulte Homes cutting 1,900 jobs - Builder cites 'difficult' housing market for move

Detroit, MI - Facing a grim hou [more]

05.30.07
QUIETROCK WINS ''TOP 10'' PRODUCTS AT PCBC BLDRS SHOW Homeowners Get New Way to Knock Out Noise Between Rooms

QuietRock 516 Soundproof Drywall is Only Product ‘Tuned’ f [more]

05.28.07
JAMES HARDIE PROFIT UP DESPITE HOUSING DOWN 25% James Hardie profit up, asbestos liability estimate down

Sydney, Australia - James Hardie Industries has provided [more]

05.24.07
LXY BUILDER TOLL POSTS 79% DROP IN NET-ORDERS DOWN 25% Toll Brothers Inc. Thursday said fiscal second-quarter net income fell 79%, hurt by write-downs totaling $72.9 million. [more]

05.24.07
NEW HOME SALES UP 16% - INVENTORIES DOWN New Home Sales Soared 16% As Prices Declined in April

Washington DC - New-home sales soared in April, an unexpecte [more]

05.23.07
NATIONAL GYPSUM TO PHASE OUT M/R WALLBOARD Charlotte, NC - Beginning in June 2007, National Gypsum will remove Moisture Resistant Wallboard (MR) from their product [more]

05.21.07
LOWE'S EARNINGS DOWN 12.1% IN LATEST QTR Mooresville, NC - Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW), the world's second-largest home improvement retailer, today report [more]

05.17.07
HOUSING STARTS UP 2.5% - PERMITS DOWN 8.9% IN APRIL Washington DC - Permits for new-home construction plunged last month to their lowest point in almost a decade, the lates [more]

05.15.07
HOME DEPOT EARNINGS DOWN 33% - SUPPLY 5.2% EBIT/SALES Atlanta, GA - The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer, today reported first quarter net earning [more]

05.05.07
BIG DIFFERENCES IN WALLBOARD PAPER TECHNOLOGY Mission Viejo, CA - While most in the industry are very well aware of 1) the ongoing displacement of older, slower, smal [more]

05.04.07
NAHB SEES 5% INCREASE IN HOUSING TO 1.528M FOR 2008 Washington DC - Difficulties in the subprime mortgage market have prolonged the current housing downturn and have raised [more]

05.04.07
SOME BLDRS DEALING WITH 30% CANCELLATIONS AND LAWSUITS As Market Cools, Home Buyers Seek a Way Out, Builders Face A Rash of Complaints and Lawsuits

In the latest fallou [more]

05.04.07
UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 4.5% - CONSTRUCTION DOWN 11M Sluggish Job, Wage Growth, Ease Worries About Inflation

Washington DC - U.S. employment grew at its slowest pace i [more]

05.03.07
ARMSTRONG CEILINGS EBIT/SALES INCREASES TO 17.1% IN Q1 Mission Viejo, CA - Within Armstrong World Industries latest results announcement it was reported that their Building Ma [more]

05.03.07
LAFARGE GLOBAL GYPSUM EBIT/SALES 11.1% IN FIRST QTR '07 Mission Viejo, CA - Within the most recent Lafarge results announcement it was reported that their Global Gypsum busines [more]

05.03.07
NOISE FROM NEXT DOOR IS #1 COMPLAINT IN MULTI-FAMILY Sounds of Noisy Neighbors Top Complaints of Living in Condos, Apartments, Townhomes - National Gypsum & Quiet Solutions [more]

05.03.07
OWENS CORNING EBIT/SALES DROPS TO 12.6% IN Q1 2007 Mission Viejo, CA - Owens Corning reported a 50% reduction in operating profit to $53 million in their Insulating System [more]

05.02.07
AMERICAN'S 29.5% EBIT/SALES HIGHLIGHTS LOW COST AGAIN Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum) EBIT/Sales for the January-March '07 quarter declined to 29.5% from the pr [more]

05.02.07
USG & EAGLE SHARES RISE 5% & 10% IN EARLY AM TRADING Mission Viejo, CA - In light of significant opportunity declines due to the soft residential market and declining wallbo [more]

04.30.07
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING STABLE IN MARCH US March construction spending up 0.2 pct, February revised sharply higher

Washington DC - US construction spendin [more]

04.27.07
SPI ADDS 6 NORTHWEST LOCATIONS TO THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - Effective May 1, 2007 Specialty Products & Insulation Co. (i.e. SPI) will be adding their 6 location [more]

04.27.07
ST-GOBAIN Q1 GLOBAL GYPSUM SALES UP 5% TO $1.36 BILLION Mission Viejo, CA - Yesterday April 26th Saint-Gobain released consolidated first quarter 2007 sales of $14.2 billion re [more]

04.26.07
PULTE AND RYLAND REPORT LOSSES & SOFT ORDERS IN Q1 Residential home builder Pulte Homes reported an $85.7 million loss for the first quarter, or a loss of 33 cents per sha [more]

04.25.07
GA REPORTS 3MO '07 WALLBOARD DEMAND DOWN 19% Mission Viejo, CA - The Gypsum Association has recently reported that overall gypsum wallboard demand in the United Stat [more]

04.25.07
NEW HOME SALES STILL SOFT - 23.5% LOWER THAN '06 New home sales in U.S. Increased 2.6% from February to 858,000 Annual Pace in March, but are still 23.5% below '06 level [more]

04.24.07
EXISTING HOME SALES DOWN 8.4% - LGST IN 18 YEARS Existing-Home Sales Decline 8.4%, As Median Prices Falls From 2006 Consumer Confidence Drops

Washington DC - Exist [more]

04.24.07
L&W EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 5.2% IN 1ST QTR '07 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG's latest results announcement it was reported that L&W Supply distribution subsidiary had [more]

04.24.07
US GYPSUM EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 12.2% IN Q1 2007 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) results announcement United States Gypsum Company (U.S. Gyspum) r [more]

04.24.07
USG INTERIORS EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 6.4% IN 1ST QTR 07 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) latest results announcement it was reported that USG's Worldwide [more]

04.23.07
A&D SUPPLY OPENS NEW YARD IN SPRINGFIELD MO Mission Viejo, CA - A&D Supply HQ out of Oaklahoma City, OK recently opened a new branch location in Springfield, MO, br [more]

04.18.07
JAMES HARDIE RUMORED TARGET OF OC ST-GOBAIN OR USG Mission Viejo, CA - James Hardie is now being battered with takeover talk, with investors driving its share price by 11 [more]

04.17.07
HOUSING STARTS AND PERMITS UP SLIGHTLY IN MARCH U.S. March Housing Starts Rise 0.8% to 1.518 Million Rate

Washington DC - Housing starts in the U.S. unexpectedly [more]

04.10.07
CLARKWESTERN INTRODUCES LABOR SAVING OPENING SYSTEM CLARKWESTERN Building Systems Introduces Labor Saving RedHeader RO™ Rough Opening System

CLARKWESTERN Building Sy [more]

04.10.07
D.R. HORTON HOME ORDERS PLUNGE 41% LAST QTR Home Builder D.R. Horton Posts 41% Drop in Orders

Ft. Worth, TX - D.R. Horton Inc. said fiscal second-quarter orde [more]

04.06.07
UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 4.4% - CONSTRUCTION UP 56M U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Grow by 180,000 Jobs Jobless Rate Drops to Lowest Level Since May 2001

Washington DC - U.S. [more]

04.04.07
DIETRICH & QUIET SOLUTION - SOUND PANEL FOR ULTRASTEEL Dietrich and Quiet Solution Announce Soundproof Drywall for UltraSTEEL® Framing

QuietRock® Technology Enhanced fo [more]

04.04.07
NATIONAL GYPSUM INTRODUCES NEW SOUND PANEL AT AWCI National Gypsum Introduces Sound-Reducing Gypsum Board Gold Bond® BRAND SoundBreak™ Gypsum Board Offers Simple, Reliabl [more]

04.04.07
NATIONAL GYSPUM - NEW JOINT TREATMENT PLT IN BALTIMORE National Gypsum Announces New Joint Compound Plant

CHARLOTTE, NC (April 4, 2007) National Gypsum Company, a leadin [more]

04.03.07
ARMSTRONG REPORTS 14.7% EBIT/SALES IN LATEST QUARTER Mission Viejo, CA - Within Armstrong World Industries latest results announcement it was reported that their Building Ma [more]

04.03.07
EUROPE GYPSUM ASSOCIATION TO INCREASE GYPSUM RECYCLING London, England - UK Plasterboard Manufacturers Sign Agreement Set to Increase Gypsum Recycling

Plasterboard manuf [more]

04.01.07
GYPSUM SUPPLY COMPLETES DRYWALL DIST. ACQUISITION Rockford, IL - Gypsum Supply Co., headquartered in Rockford, IL, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquis [more]

03.30.07
CERTAINTEED GYPSUM MINE RECEIVES 15 YEAR SAFETY AWARD CertainTeed Gypsum mine receives award for 15 years of accident-free work

Nashville, AR - Nashville, Arkansas'Cert [more]

03.29.07
STEEL FRAMING SEGMENT ''BROKEN'' WITH DIETRICH EARNINGS Mission Viejo, CA - Along with the reported Dietrich earnings announcement released earlier today it is the opinion of G [more]

03.27.07
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SLIPS 3.6% IN MARCH New York, NY - Consumer confidence weakened in March as higher gasoline prices and recent turmoil in financial markets m [more]

03.27.07
LENNAR INCOME DROPS 73%, ORDERS DOWN 27% Lennar's Net Income Drops 73% Amid Deteriorating Housing Market

Miami, FL - Lennar Corp. became the latest home bu [more]

03.26.07
NEW HOMES SALES DOWN 3.9% TO 848M PACE - 7 YR LOW New-Home Sales in U.S. Fell 3.9% to 848,000 Pace in February

Washington DC - New home sales in the U.S. unexpecte [more]

03.23.07
KNAUF BUYS UP IN USG'S RECENT SHARE OFFERING Mission Viejo, CA - As part of USG's recent share offering to raise funds for the CalPly distribution acquisiton, the Kn [more]

03.22.07
CERTAINTEED ANNOUNCES FINAL 2006 RESULTS Mission Viejo, CA - Within Saint-Gobain's recent final results for 2006, we have summarized the following highlights: < [more]

03.22.07
KB HOME'S PROFIT DOWN 84% AMID CONTINUED HOUSING SLUMP Los Angeles, CA - KB Home posted an 84% slide in fiscal first-quarter earnings as orders and prices for new homes droppe [more]

03.21.07
FUTURE OF HOME DEPOT SUPPLY UNCERTAIN Home Depot Undecided on Supply Businessadvertisement

Atlanta, GA - The Home Depot Inc.'s chief executive said Th [more]

03.20.07
HOUSING STARTS JUMP 9% IN FEB BUT PERMITS DROP Washington DC - Home construction unexpectedly surged in February, but permits for future building fell.

Housing s [more]

03.19.07
HOME BUILDERS' CONFIDENCE FALLS IN MARCH Home Builders' Confidence Slips for First Time in 6 Months

Washington DC - U.S. home builders' confidence slipped [more]

03.15.07
COMMERCIAL VACANCIES EXPECTED TO RISE TO 13.9% IN 2007 Washington DC - Commercial real estate vacancies are expected to rise this year, in part driven by businesses moving int [more]

03.13.07
MORTGAGE DELINQUENCIES JUMP DURING 4TH QTR 2006 Washington DC - Delinquency rates for subprime adjustable rate mortgages reached 14.44% in the fourth quarter of last ye [more]

03.13.07
SUBPRIME FALLOUT MAY PUT FURTHER PRESSURE ON HOUSING Subprime Fallout May Sink Sales Of New Homes

Washington DC - The rapid unraveling of the subprime-mortgage industr [more]

03.09.07
UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 4.5% - CONSTRUCTION DOWN 62M U.S. Payrolls Grow by 97,000 As Jobless Rate Slips to 4.5%

Washington DC - U.S. payrolls expanded last month at th [more]

03.08.07
D.R.HORTON EXEC SAYS HOUSING SLUMP WILL LINGER Fort Worth, TX - D.R. Horton Inc., the second-largest U.S. homebuilder by revenue, said the housing market will remain i [more]

03.05.07
REMODELING REMAINS STEADY IN SLOW HOUSING MARKET March 5, 2007 - Remodeling activity remained steady in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to the National Association [more]

03.04.07
HAS HOUSING BOTTOMED OUT YET? New York, NY - Price cuts. Amenity upgrades. Vacations. Free gas for the minivan. As the spring home-selling season loom [more]

03.02.07
MORTGAGE LATE PAYMENTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE Calabasas, CA - Countrywide Financial Corp., the largest U.S. home mortgage lender, reported sharp increases in late pay [more]

03.01.07
NEW HOME SALES PLUNGE 16.6% TO 937m ANNUAL PACE Drag From Housing Could Persist Steep Sales Drop Suggests Effect on Economic Growth May Continue for Months

Washi [more]

03.01.07
QUIET SOLUTIONS AWARDED PATENT ON SOUNDPROOF DRYWALL SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Quiet Solution announced today it has been granted its first patent in the field of [more]

02.28.07
DIETRICH'S ULTRASTEEL(R) RECEIVES KEY CODE ENDORSEMENTS Dietrich's UltraSTEEL(R) Framing Receives Key Code Endorsements

All BusinessWire News: Dietrich Metal Framing rec [more]

02.28.07
MASCO REPORTS 4TH QTR LOSS OF $186 MILLION Masco Reports Fourth Quarter Loss of $186 Million, Will Cut 8000 Jobs

Taylor, MI - Despite record sales of $12.8 [more]

02.27.07
CARAUSTAR ANNOUNCES MOLD&MILDEW RESISTANT WALLBD PAPER Caraustar Industries, Inc. Develops New Mold, Mildew and Moisture Resistant Gypsum Facing Paper, SafeFace MR(TM), for th [more]

02.27.07
TEMPLE-INLAND ANNOUNCES MAJOR RESTRUCTURING Temple-Inland Revamp Wins Icahn's Backing

Temple-Inland Inc. joined the ranks of North American forest-products co [more]

02.26.07
USG ACQUIRES CALPLY & NEW STOCKTON, CA PLANT USG CORPORATION ANNOUNCES TWO WEST COAST GROWTH INITIATIVES

U.S. Gypsum Company to build new wallboard plant in S [more]

02.24.07
NATIONAL GYPSUM & TOOLS FOR TRADES WIN 2006 HONORS NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY & TOOLS FOR TRADES WIN 2005 HONORS

Mission Viejo, CA - The Drake Group awarded National Gy [more]

02.23.07
DEPOT AND LOWES SALES AND PROFIT DOWN DUE TO HOUSING Home Depot same store sales down 6.6%, Lowes down 5.3%; Both site soft housing market and decline in lumber prices < [more]

02.22.07
LUXURY BLDR TOLL REPORTS SALES DOWN 33% & 30% CANCELS Horsham, PA - Luxury-home builder Toll Brothers Inc. reported a 67% drop in its fiscal first-quarter profit as it took a [more]

02.21.07
OWENS CORNING REPORTS 20.3% EBIT/SALES IN LATEST QTR Owens Corning reports $107 million operating income on $527 million sales revenue (i.e. 20.3% EBIT/Sales) during the Oct [more]

02.21.07
USG AND ATLANTIC GYPSUM PARTNER IN CANADA Atlantic Wallboard LP and CGC Inc. Form Strategic Alliance

Saint John, N.B. - PRNewswire-FirstCall - It was recen [more]

02.20.07
USG DEBUTS MOLD TOUGH GYPSUM PANELS USG Debuts Sheetrock Mold Tough Gypsum Panels, Will Phase out Humitek(TM) and Water-Resisstant product lines.

Ch [more]

02.16.07
HOUSING STARTS SINK 14.3% IN JAN - LOWEST IN 10 YEARS Washington DC - Home construction fell to its lowest point in nearly 10 years during January in an unexpectedly large de [more]

02.15.07
ARMSTRONG ANNOUNCES LOOKING AT ''STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES Lancaster County, PA - Armstrong World Industries emerged from bankruptcy last October as a new but still independent co [more]

02.12.07
HOME ACRES TO OPEN NEW LAFAYETTE, INDIANA LOCATION Grand Rapids, MI - Home Acres Building Supply LLC is pleased to announce the addition of a branch in Lafayette, Indiana. [more]

02.12.07
HOME DEPOT CONSIDERS OPTIONS FOR WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION Home Depot Mulls Spinoff Or Sale of Wholesale Unit Home-Improvement Giant Feels Pressure to Focus on Retail

Home [more]

02.04.07
ENGLE HOMES - ANOTHER BLDR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY Builder files bankruptcy: Engle Homes used ‘End is Near’ slogan

TOUSA Inc., the Hollywood, Florida based parent co [more]

02.02.07
MARINO/WARE MOVES TO EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP South Plainfield, N.J. based Marino\WARE, a leading manufacturer of steel-framing solutions, is pleased to announce that [more]

02.02.07
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 4.6% - CONSTRUCTION UP 22M Payrolls Grow by 111,000 Jobs, Unemployment rises to 4.6%

Washington DC - U.S. payrolls increased at a healthy pac [more]

01.31.07
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DOWN 0.4% - HOME BLDG FALLS AGAIN December '06 construction spending down 0.4 percent as home building falls for 9th month

Washington DC - Overall c [more]

01.31.07
EAGLE/AMERICAN EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 32.3% IN 4TH QTR. Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum) EBIT/Sales for the October-December '06 declined to 32.3% from the previou [more]

01.30.07
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE HOLDS STEADY IN JANUARY Washington DC - U.S. consumer confidence was flat in January from December amid softer expectations for the economy's ou [more]

01.29.07
L&W EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 7.1% IN QIV 2006 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG's latest results announcement it was reported that L&W Supply distribution subsidiary had [more]

01.29.07
US GYPSUM EBIT/SALES DECLINES TO 19% IN QIV 2006 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) results announcement United States Gypsum Company (U.S. Gypsum) r [more]

01.29.07
USG INTERIOR EBIT/SALES IMPROVES TO 9.2% IN QIV 2006 Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) latest results announcement it was reported that USG's Worldwide [more]

01.26.07
NEW HOME SALES UP 4.8% - SECOND MONTH OF INCREASE Washington DC - Two sore spots in the U.S. economy showed some strength at the end of 2006, with demand rising for expen [more]

01.19.07
CLARK/WESTERN TO OPEN NEW PLANT IN THE NORTHEAST West Chester, OH - CLARKWESTERN Building Systems plans to open a new facility in Bristol, CT for manufacturing and distr [more]

01.18.07
CHGO BLDR LATEST FACING POTENTIAL BANKRUPTCY Builder Kimball Hill close to failing, auditor finds Losses, loan default put Kimball Hill near failure, says report by [more]

01.18.07
COMMERCIAL DRYWALL SUPPLY EXPANDS INTO MANHATTAN, KS Wichita, KS - Drake Group member/owner Commercial Drywall Supply, Inc. announced that they will be opening a drywall sup [more]

01.18.07
HOUSING STARTS UP 4.5% DURING MILD DECEMBER Washington DC - New construction on homes in the United States rose for the second straight month in December, reflectin [more]

01.17.07
HOME BLDR LENNAR SWINGS TO LOSS IN WEAK HOUSING MARKET Miami, FL - Home builder Lennar Corp. posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss, taking big land-related write-offs as the com [more]

01.17.07
USG TO IDLE 2 WALLBOARD LINES DUE TO DEMAND DECLINE Mission Viejo, CA - In a letter to their customers dated January 15, 2007 Chicago based USG announced the idling of one [more]

01.16.07
CENTEX HOMES SIGNALS LOSS WITH CLOSINGS & SALES DECLINE New York, NY - Major U.S. home builder Centex Corporation said it would record a quarterly loss from continuing operatio [more]

01.12.07
CERTAINTEED CEILING TILE PLANT PASSES SAFETY MILESTONE CertainTeed Meridian, Miss., Ceiling Manufacturing Facility Celebrates Three Years Accident-Free

Valley Forge, PA [more]

01.12.07
COMMERCIAL JOB GAINS OFFSET LOSSES IN RESIDENTIAL Washinton, DC - The latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor shows that in December 2006, the overall constructio [more]

01.09.07
D.R. HORTON REPORTS 23% DROP IN ORDERS Fort Worth, TX - Home-building giant D.R. Horton Inc. saw orders fall 23% and cancellations remain high in its fiscal fi [more]

01.09.07
TOOLS FOR TRADES MOVES TO NEW FACILITIES IN GEORGIA TOOLS FOR TRADES CUTS RIBBON AT NEW FACILITY

Ball Ground, GA - Tools For Trades recently announced the completion [more]

01.05.07
UNEMPLOYEMENT AT 4.5% AND JOBS HOLD STEADY Payrolls Grow by 167,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Holds at 4.5%

Washinton DC - U.S. payroll and wage growth were st [more]

01.04.07
KB HOME DROPS PLANS FOR NEW ORLEANS SUBDIVISION KB Home has dropped its highly-publicized plan to build thousands of homes in the greater New Orleans area. The homebuil [more]

01.04.07
LENNAR EXPECTS FIRST LOSS IN DECADE & SCALES BACK Miami, FL - Lennar Corporation announced that it will re-value existing holdings and take significantl write-offs on lan [more]

01.03.07
NOV RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION DOWN - COMMERCIAL STRONG Washington DC - Construction activity showed further weakness as spending on homes dropped for a record eighth consecuti [more]

01.03.07
SILVERADO BUILDING MATERIALS JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP SILVERADO BUILDING MATERIALS JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP

Mission Viejo, CA - Silverado Building Materials based in Sacra [more]

01.02.07
CERTAINTEED UNIFIES GYPSUM/CEILIINGS/INSULATION BRAND CertainTeed(R) Brand Now Includes North America’s Most Comprehensive Line of Interior and Exterior Building Products < [more]

01.02.07
HACKER IND ADDS TWO NEW SERVICES FOR ARCHITECTS HACKER INDUSTRIES, INC. NOW OFFERS AIA/CES REGISTERED PROGRAMS AND PARTNERS WITH ARCHITECTURAL DATA SYSTEMS SCHEDULELINK [more]

12.31.06
ROSE&WALKER SUPPLY ACQUIRES SOUTHERN INDIANA DRYWALL Mission Viejo, CA - Drake dealer Rose & Walker Supply announced the acquisition of Southern Indiana Drywall in Bloomingt [more]

12.31.06
SPECIALTY PRODUCTS & INSULATION JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - Specialty Products & Insulation Co., based in East Petersburgh, PA has become the newest member/own [more]

12.28.06
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE RISES 3.5% IN DECEMBER Washington DC - U.S. consumer confidence rose in December to its highest level since April, according to a report Thursd [more]

12.27.06
NEW HOME SALES UP 3.4% IN NOVEMBER, INVENTORIES DOWN Washington DC - New-home sales climbed in November and inventories fell, a signal the slumping housing market might be s [more]

12.21.06
DIETRICH REPORTS AN OPERATING LOSS IN LATEST QUARTER Mission Viejo, CA - Within Worthington Industries (NYSE: WOR/ results announcement released today it was reported that D [more]

12.21.06
USG MAKES FINAL ASBESTOS PAYMENT WITH NEW RIGHTS PLAN Chicago, IL - USG Corp. said Thursday it made a final $3.05 billion payment into its asbestos personal injury trust, end [more]

12.19.06
HOUSING STARTS UP IN NOV, DOWN 25.5% LAST 12 MONTHS Washington DC - Housing starts increased by 6.7% to a seasonally adjusted 1.588 million annual rate, the Commerce Depart [more]

12.18.06
AWCI'S 2007 EIFS EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS Mission Viejo, CA - The Association of the Wall and Ceilings Industry (AWCI) has three more EIFS Education and Certifica [more]

12.18.06
BUILDER CONFIDENCE HOLDS STEADY IN DECEMBER Heading into the holidays, builders of new single-family homes continue to believe that the worst of the downswing in ho [more]

12.15.06
WORTHINGTON SHARES RISE ON BID SPECULATION Shares of Worthington Industries Inc., a producer of steel parts for auto makers, rose 11 per cent in New York, up $2.02 [more]

12.13.06
HOME DEPOT ENTERS CHINA MKT VIA 12 STORE ACQUISITION Home Depot Inc. announced its first foray into China's booming market on Wednesday with the purchase of a Chinese chain [more]

12.08.06
UNEMPLOYMENTS UP TO 4.5% - 29M CONSTRUCTION JOBS LOST Washington DC - U.S. payroll growth accelerated during November, while worker wages grew slightly less than expected and [more]

12.05.06
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE DECLINES 2% IN NOVEMBER Consumer Confidence Index Declines Again

Washington DC - The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which ed [more]

12.01.06
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DROPS 1% - LARGEST IN 5 YRS Construction Spending Tumbles By JEFF BATER Washington DC - U.S. construction spending took its biggest tumble in five [more]

12.01.06
HOME DEPOT RISES ON TAKEOVER SPECULATION New York NY - Shares of Home Depot Inc. rose Friday, following published reports that private investors could be circlin [more]

11.30.06
USG SHARES RISE ON TAKE OVER SPECULATION USG rises on speculation Buffett may purchase company

Bloomberg News, November 30--Shares of USG Corp. rose 8.3 pe [more]

11.29.06
12 MONTH HOME SALES DOWN 25.4% IN OCTOBER Washington DC - Sales of single-family homes decreased by 3.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.004 million, th [more]

11.29.06
DIETRICH'S PARENT CREATES INTEGRATED BUILDING SYSTEMS Worthington consolidates military, residential building operations Columbus, OH - Worthington Industries Inc. has con [more]

11.29.06
REMODELING MARKET STRENGTHENS IN THIRD QUARTER Washington DC - Remodeling activity picked up in the third quarter of 2006, according to the National Association of Hom [more]

11.27.06
BUILDER CONFIDENCE IMPROVES IN NOVEMBER Suggesting stabilizing conditions in the nation's single-family housing market, home builder confidence in November edge [more]

11.20.06
MOST ECONOMISTS SAY WORST IS OVER FOR HOUSING BUST Washington DC - The worst of the housing bust is over, economists said by nearly 2-to-1 in the latest economic forecasti [more]

11.17.06
HOUSING STARTS DOWN 14.6% TO LOWEST IN 6 YEARS New Home-Building Activity Falls to Lowest Level in 6 Years, Permits down also

Washington DC - New home-building a [more]

11.14.06
OWENS CORNING ANNOUNCES ''R's on Us'' PROMOTION FOR '07 Mission Viejo, CA - Owens Corning has recently released an industry setting precedent by providing the marketplace R-15 [more]

11.10.06
TOOLPRO ADDS RED DEVIL PRODUCTS TO OFFERING TOOLPRO NOW CARRIES RED DEVIL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MORE CUSTOMERS

Kennesaw, GA – ToolPro now carries the full line [more]

11.03.06
CARAUSTAR RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT DISAPPOINTS WALLSTREET Caraustar Swings to 3Q Loss

All Associated Press News Atlanta, GA - Recycled packaging company Caraustar Industrie [more]

11.03.06
NATIONAL GYPSUM CHIEF, TOM NELSON, RECEIVES MORE HONORS Charlotte, NC - National Gypsum chief Business Person of the Year

Charlotte Business Journal - Tom Nelson, chairma [more]

11.03.06
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 4.4% - LOWEST IN 5 YEARS U.S. Adds 92,000 Jobs To Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.4%,Lowest Level in More Than Five Years By BRIA [more]

11.02.06
2007 FORECAST: RESIDENTIAL DOWN 15%, COMMERCIAL UP Home building to lead US building decline in '07 Washington DC - U.S. construction spending will fall 1 percent next [more]

11.01.06
JOHNS MANVILLE'S NEW HOUSEWRAP GAINING GROUND Johns Manville, Insulate America Deal Will Allow Insulation Contractors to Add Housewrap Services

Denver, CO - Jo [more]

11.01.06
VERY SLIGHT DROP IN OCTOBER CONSUMER CONFIDENCE Washington DC - Consumer confidence declined in October, as people became more concerned with present-day business condi [more]

10.31.06
CONSTRUCTION RISES 1% IN SEPTEMBER New York, NY - New construction starts increased 1% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $635.2 billion, [more]

10.31.06
EAGLE/AMERICAN EBIT/SALES UP TO 40.3% IN LATEST QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Eagle's (American Gypsum) industry leading 40.3% EBIT/Sales for the July-September 2006 continues to [more]

10.27.06
NEW HOME SALES UP 5.3% WITH AGGRESSIVE BLDR INCENTIVES New Homes Sales Rise 5.3 Percent in September as Builders Cut Prices

Sales of new one-family houses rose 5.3 perce [more]

10.27.06
REMODELING ACTIVITY SLOWS DOWN Remodeling Activity Indicator Points to Weakening Home Improvement Market

Cambridge, MA - Through the third quart [more]

10.26.06
CENTEX REPORTS HOME ORDERS DOWN 29% Centex Profit Slips 59 Percent, Orders down 29 Percent

Dallas, TX - Homebuilder Centex Corporation reported that [more]

10.25.06
OWENS CORNING INSULATION REPORTS 23.6% EBIT/SALES - Q3 Mission Viejo, CA - Within Owens Corning's results announcement it was reported that their Insulating Systems business s [more]

10.24.06
L&W EBIT/SALES 8.3% IN QIII - ACQUISITION GAINS Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG's latest results announcement it was reported that L&W Supply distribution subsidiary had [more]

10.24.06
US GYPSUM HOLDS 24% EBIT/SALES & SHARE IN 3RD QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) results announcement United States Gypsum Company (U.S. Gypsum) r [more]

10.24.06
USG INTERIOR EBIT/SALES DROPS TO 8.9% IN THIRD QTR Mission Viejo, CA - Within USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) lastest results announcement it was reported that USG's Worldwide [more]

10.18.06
HOUSING STARTS UP 5.9% IN SEPTEMBER, PERMITS DOWN 6.3% Washington DC -The Commerce Department Wednesday said housing starts rose 5.9% in September, better than the 1.2% declin [more]

10.06.06
BUFFETT/BERKSHIRE INCREASES OWNERSHIP OF USG TO 19% All Reuters News WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has increased its stake in USG Corp. to 19 percent after [more]

10.06.06
KEN/API EXPANDS IN KENTUCKY WITH ACQUISITION Mission Viejo, CA - Drake dealer Ken/API recently announced the acquisition of A&D Supply, Inc. of Ashland, Kentucky eff [more]

10.06.06
UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 4.6%, BUT NEW JOBS WEAK U.S. Nonfarm Payroll Growth Slows; Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.6%

Washington DC by Campion Walsh - U.S. payrolls [more]

10.04.06
FED CHAIRMAN WARNS OF ''SUBSTANTIAL'' HOUSING CORRECTIO Washington DC - By Brian Blackstone and Benton Ives-Halperin - The U.S. housing sector is undergoing a "substantial corr [more]

10.02.06
ARMSTRONG EMERGES FROM BANKRUPTCY AFTER 6 YEARS Armstrong Emerges From Chapter 11 - Court-Approved Plan of Reorganization Becomes Effective Today and Provides for Compr [more]

09.28.06
NATIONAL GYPSUM RECEIVES MAJOR MANUFACTURING HONOR National Gypsum Plant Recognized as Top U.S. Facility

Charlotte, NC - IndustryWeek magazine has selected National [more]

09.28.06
OWENS CORNING RECOGNIZED FOR INFORMATION INNOVATION Owens Corning Ranks among Top 100 Most Innovative Companies on InformationWeek 500 List: A strong pattern of information [more]

09.27.06
DIETRICH RESULTS IMPROVE WITH CONVERSION TO ULTRASTEEL Mission Viejo, CA - Within Worthington Industries (NYSE: WOR) results announcement released today it was reported that D [more]

09.27.06
NEW HOMES SALES UNEXPECTEDLY RISE 4.1% IN AUGUST Washington DC, By Jeff Bater: New-home sales unexpectedly climbed during August, breaking a string of three declines as [more]

09.26.06
BANKRUPTCY COURT APPROVES OWENS CORNING REORGANIZATION Toledo, OH - PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network -Owens Corning (OTC Bulletin Board: OWENQ.OB) today announced [more]

09.26.06
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE RISES 4.3% IN AUGUST Washington DC - The Conference Board said its monthly survey of consumer confidence rose to 104.5 from 100.2 in August, [more]

09.26.06
ECONOMISTS REACT TO MOST RECENT HOUSING DATA New York, NY - Sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. fell less than expected in August to a 6.30 million annual ra [more]

09.26.06
HOME BUILDER LENNAR PROFIT DOWN 39% - LOWERS OUTLOOK Lennar Cuts Profit Outlook,Reports 39% Decline in Net (AP) Miami, FL - Lennar Corp., one of the nation's top homebuilde [more]

09.22.06
POSSIBLE HARD LANDING FOR HOUSING SECTOR? Housing: ARMed and Dangerous By Liz Ann Sonders Chief Investment Strategist Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

This time [more]

09.21.06
NATIONAL GYPSUM ANNOUNCES MAJOR PAPER INVESTMENT National Gypsum Announces Major Paper Expansion (GypsumToday.com Note: Modern, lightweight, high speed paper is consider [more]

09.20.06
BUILDER CONFIDENCE SLIPS FOR 8TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH Builder Confidence Slips Further in September

Reflecting increasing builder concerns about conditions in the mark [more]

09.20.06
EAGLE SURGES 13% AFTER CHAIRMAN HIRSCH BUYS 400M SHARES Eagle Materials (American Gypsum) Soars on Insider Buys - By Nicholas Yulico

Shares of Eagle Materials (EXP - co [more]

09.20.06
PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM ACQUIRES ROOFING SUPPLY GROUP Investment Group Completes Acquisition of Roofing Supply Group

Houston, TX - The Sterling Group, L.P., a Houston- [more]

09.19.06
HOUSING STARTS DECLINE 6% - 5TH DECLINE IN 6 MONTHS Washington, DC - Housing starts fell for the fifth time in the past six months, dropping 6.0% in August to a seasonally [more]

09.13.06
STEEL FRAMED HOMES HAVE ADVANTAGES By James Dulley SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH (9/2/06)

Q: We are planning to build our dream home. It must be stron [more]

09.12.06
MULTIFAMILY STK INDEX REACHES NEW HIGH IN AUGUST The stocks of publicly traded companies whose primary business is multifamily housing outpaced the market as a whole in [more]

09.07.06
BEAZER HOMES REPORTS JULY/AUGUST SALES DOWN 49% Atlanta homebuilder Beazer Homes reduces forecast

The Associated Press - ATLANTA

Beazer Homes USA Inc., an A [more]

09.07.06
KB HOMES REPORTS 3RD QTR ORDERS DOWN 43% Los Angeles Business Wire - KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the largest homebuilders in the United States and France, announ [more]

09.05.06
FISHERS BUILDING SUPPLY JOINS THE DRAKE GROUP Mission Viejo, CA - Fishers Building Supply, Inc. based in Indianapolis, Indiana has become the newest member/owner of T [more]

09.02.06
REALTORS FORECASTS NEAR TERM DECLINE IN HOME PRICES By James R. Hagerty

The chief economist of the National Association of Realtors predicts that U.S. home prices wil [more]

09.01.06
UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 4.7% IN AUG - CONST ADDS 17M JOBS Nonfarm Payrolls Grow by 128,000, By Camption Walsh

Washington DC - U.S. jobs grew last month consistent with Wall [more]

08.31.06
MARINO/WARE & CEMCO ANNOUNCE METAL FRAMING ALLIANCE Mission Viejo, CA - While details of specific commitments and plans are not available yet, Marino/Ware based in South Pl [more]

08.29.06
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TUMBLES 7% IN AUGUST New York, NY, By Michael Derby - Consumer confidence suffered a major blow in August amid rising anxiety over the state [more]

08.24.06
NEW HOME SALES DROP 4.3% IN JULY, DOWN 21.6% FOR YEAR Washington DC - Sales of single-family homes decreased by 4.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.072 million, th [more]

08.22.06
EUROPEANS MAY EXPLORE RECYCLED WALLBOARD FOR CEMENT Gypsum from wallboard to be explored for cement - By Chris Wood

An open tender has been launched which aims to [more]

08.22.06
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY INDEX DROPS TO RECORD LOW Home Builders Sour on Condos, But Apartment Interest Is Strong

Washington DC - U.S. home builders and developers h [more]

08.22.06
LUXURY BUILDER TOLL BRO. NET DOWN 19%, LOWERS FORECAST Horsham, PA - Toll Brothers Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 19% as a downturn in the housing mark [more]

08.18.06
LOWE'S REPORTS SLIGHT DECLINE AND PRODUCT COSTS UP Lowe's Cos. posted a 7.9% drop in fiscal second-quarter net income, beating projections and prompting the home-improveme [more]

08.16.06
HOUSING STARTS FALL 2.5%, SALES INDEX DOWN TO '91 LEVEL Washington DC - Housing starts fell by 2.5% to a seasonally adjusted 1.795 million annual rate, the slowest pace since 1 [more]

08.15.06
COURT FINALLY APPROVES AMSTRONG'S BANKRUPTCY EXIT PLAN Note: Follow up to May 20, GypsumToday.com "Industry News" article titled "Armstrong Expected To Exit Bankruptcy Follow [more]

08.14.06
OC ANNOUNCES NEW LEADER OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES William E. LeBaron Named President of Owens Corning Construction Services

TOLEDO, Ohio - Owens Corning (OTC Bulle [more]

08.08.06
USG ANNOUNCES GYPSUM AND CEILING PANEL RECYCLING OPTION 08/08/2006: Press Release from USG Corporation - USG Becomes First Building Materials Manufacturer to Provide Gypsum and [more]

08.04.06
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 4.8% - JOB GROWTH SLOWS Washington DC - U.S. payrolls posted their fourth-straight tepid gain last month and the jobless rate spiked higher, lik [more]

08.02.06
INDIANA BASED V-LINE JOINS DRAKE BASED NEWCO Grand Rapids, MI - Home Acres Building Supply Co. LLC (“Home Acres”) today announced the acquisition of V-Line Corporati [more]

08.02.06
USG REPORTS RESULTS OF RIGHTS OFFERING USG CORPORATION REPORTS FINAL RESULTS OF RIGHTS OFFERING

- Gross proceeds of $1.8 billion

- Berkshire Hat [more]

08.01.06
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RELATIVELY FLAT IN JUNE Residential Construction Falls Slightly in June

Washington DC - Total construction spending increased 0.3% in June [more]

08.01.06
GypsumToday.com NOW UP TO 6M-7M UNIQUE VISITORS PER MO Mission Viejo, CA - Visitors and useage of the unique GypsumToday.com industry portal continues to increase with current [more]

07.31.06