VANCOUVER, BC -- Canfor Corporation posted a loss of $44.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to a $32.9 million profit for the same period in 2010.

RALEIGH, NC -- Pergo North America, a manufacturer of laminate flooring, said it "has successfully emerged from a corporate turnaround program that involved making significant capital and structural investments in order to ensure long-term financial stability."

OTTAWA, ON — The rate of seasonally adjusted Canadian housing starts of 197, 900 in January declined 1% from December, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).

COLUMBIA, SC -- The owner of a Columbia custom cabinet shop plans to make a final appeal to the Richland Northeast High School Board of Education Tuesday night to restore the school's cabinet program.

A homebuilders' group says the residential remodeling market will continue to grow in 2012. Its Remodeling Market Index rose to a five year high at the end of 2011 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders' Show

Aging-in-place remodeling is grows as homeowners - especially babyboomers - remain in their homes as they age, says builder Scott Sevon at the International Builders' Show in Orlando.

Green home residential construction will grow to as much as 38% of the market by 2016, up five fold, from $17 billion in 2011 to $114 billion in 2016 says a Green Home Builders and Remodelers report from the 2012 International Builders’ Show in Orlando.

Restraints on credit for home builders impede housing and economic recovery, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the National Association of Home Builders Board Friday at the International Builders' Show in Orlando.

Weather Shield is offering its 217,000 square foot window and door manufacturing facility in Nibley, Utah for $4.7 million. An equipment auction closes Feb. 13, 2012. It is also closing a Mosinee, WI plant.

Houzz, an online home design and remodeling community, added “Closets and Home Organization” to its professional directory on the Houzz website and mobile apps.