by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2016 | News
A healthier economy, stable job growth and low mortgage interest rates have led to a slow but steady recovery in the housing market after seven lean years of new home construction. Moreover, home prices continue to increase across the country, resulting in increased...
by Web Editor | Aug 5, 2016 | News
Fording a flood of cheaper lumber imported from Canada, local lumber interests met with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Tuesday to jointly call for a new trade agreement or risk whittling the industry at home. “What we need is a fair system that allows individuals and...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2016 | News
With Americans buying more new homes than at any time since the recession, the cost of the wood used to build them is rising. Lumber prices are off to their biggest rally in more than a decade, touching a 19-month high last week as demand increased from builders. But...
by Web Editor | Jan 6, 2016 | News
South Carolina Sawmill Company Asks For Permit Extension An extension for a critical permit to build a huge lumber sawmill was applied for just before the deadline Monday. A state air quality permit to build the Klausner mill along the North Edisto River outside...
by Web Editor | Oct 19, 2015 | News
The U.S. Lumber Coalition says the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement, which expired October 12, 2015, is due for a rewrite after nine years. “World timber and lumber markets have evolved and the 2006 agreement is now outdated,” says Charlie Thomas,...