The residential construction industry's largest trade show wrapped up Thursday afternoon and with it, the release of new products, trend reports, housing data, and other industry initiatives. We pulled the news most relevant to the LBM sector and recapped the highlights below. More
Foreclosure activity in the first half of 2012 increased from the previous six months in more than half of the nation's 212 metropolitan areas with a population of 200,000 or more, RealtyTrac reported. More
Desert Lumber has acquired the assets A.C. Houston Lumber's Las Vegas operations. The deal marks the end of A.C. Houston's presence in the Las Vegas market and means less competition for Desert Lumber in the southern Nevada market. More
SRS Acquisition, a McKinney, Texas-based roofing material dealer, announced it signed a letter of intent to acquire Sierra Roofing Supply in Reno, Nev., and S&S Roofing Supply in Hoquiam, Wash., on Oct. 31. The company also announced it acquired Gateway Roofing Supply in O'Fallon, Ill. More
SRS Acquisition, a McKinney, Texas-based roofing material dealer, announced it signed a letter of intent to acquire Sierra Roofing Supply in Reno, Nev., and S&S Roofing Supply in Hoquiam, Wash. Both transactions are expected to close on Nov. 11. More
Top executives of ProBuild, Stock and BMC Select (formerly Building Materials... More
Building Materials Holding Corp., America's sixth-biggest building material dealership, announced it has emerged from six months under Chapter 11 bankruptcy and renamed itself BMC Select. More
A federal bankruptcy judge freed Bison Building Materials from 11 property leases that it said had contributed to the financial problems that forced it to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. More
Bison Building Materials has asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston to reject 10 leases that it maintains helped cause the financial distress that led it to file for Chapter 11. Judge Wesley Steen is scheduled to hear the company's request on Aug. 10. More
