As the Q2 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the home construction materials ...

The siding you choose for your home has to look good — that’s a given. But it also has to protect it from the elements, and those vary depending on your location and climate zone. Most siding ...

The idea of a straw building might bring to mind a medieval homestead, or perhaps the fairy-tale dwelling of The Three Little Pigs. Used since the 19th century—typically as a rural, rustic building ...

HomeCycle connects home builders with nonprofits, such as Habitat for Humanity, to help people and the environment.

The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN) and ...

Materials prices for nonresidential projects in December were 3% below the price peak in July 2006. While the materials price index for nonresidential projects edged up 0.2% in December, this was ...

Best Buy Metals is a local factory-direct provider of metal roofing, metal siding, and post-frame buildings, and is the ...

According to the Association of National Home Builders, rising tariffs on building materials will cause new home prices to go ...

Increasingly, due to the warming climate, wildfires are becoming more common than in the recent past, posing a threat to towns and rural development. Part of the reason has to do with how wildfires ...