Hancock’s ROC market watch / special pricing announcement. Our Retail Operations Center (ROC) team wanted to update our customers with a market watch with respect to the Softwood Lumber Agreement, price increases, and the current volatile market conditions. The lack of a Softwood Lumber Agreement with Canada has created turmoil and volatility in the market. Specifically, the […]
Market Watch
MARKET WATCH: New Year, New Outlook
The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) chief economist, David Crowe, reported good news for the market watch at the International Builders’ Show January 20-22 in Las Vegas. Nationally, single-family housing starts increased 26% to 800,000 in 2014. Crowe reported, “This is still well below a normal level of about 1.3 or 1.4 million starts. […]