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August housing completions fell to a 1,128,000 annual rate, 27.1 percent below a year earlier, while single-family starts rose 7.6 percent and builders deepened price cuts.
August housing completions fell to a 1,128,000 annual rate while 38 percent of builders cut prices; the 30-year mortgage averaged 7.03 percent, hot-rolled coil is $1,220 a ton, fall protection again led OSHA's most-cited list with 4,041 citations, no Atlantic hurricane had formed by September 21, and Florida's 9th Edition code takes effect December 31 — every claim sourced.
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Construction unemployment hit a record-low 3.1 percent in August even as 87 percent of firms reported unfilled craft openings and 42 percent blamed shortages for project delays.
Construction unemployment hit a record-low 3.1 percent in August with 87 percent of firms carrying unfilled craft jobs; steel mill products are up 23.4 percent and copper wire 27.2 percent over the year, FinCEN permanently exempted U.S. firms from beneficial ownership reporting, private residential spending fell to an $859.0 billion rate, and the 30-year fixed rose a third straight week to 6.76 percent — every claim sourced.
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New-home demand broke in July: housing starts fell 12.4 percent, new-home sales fell 10.5 percent, and unsold new houses reached 9.6 months of supply
July housing starts fell 12.4 percent and new-home sales 10.5 percent while construction input costs ran 7.1 percent above a year ago; Cal/OSHA split $282,420 across three roofers on one job site; the 2027 IECC went final; and the whole steel-framing shelf reprices September 1.
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A 50% tariff on Canadian cement, plywood and furniture takes effect August 19 under a century-old trade law, even as softwood lumber duties keep falling
OSHA proposed a $172,324 roofing-fall fine, California's contractor workers'-comp fines doubled to $10,000-$20,000, Sherwin-Williams raised paint 9% and bulk solvent 18% on May 1, and impact windows now cost $1,200 to $2,250 more per project — every claim sourced.
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