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US Home Builders Seek New Lumber Sources In Russia
Addressing the International Forestry Forum here, U.S. home builders offered to share American home building technology with their Russian hosts and encouraged them to boost exports of softwood lumber and other wood products to America... read more

Anti-PVC Groups Target Target
Target is the latest big company to face a challenge from anti-PVC groups. Here’s a link to see what these organizations said last week as they rallied protesters to the retailer’s locations around the country.... read more

Baby Boomer Study Shows Changing Housing Needs, Uncertain Retirement
Baby boomers have a wide variety of housing needs in the future, depending on their retirement plans—or lack thereof—according to a study by the National Association of Realtors... read more