Woodworking Industry News

Mortgage rates decline, new home sales rise

Sales of newly built, single-family homes in March increased 7.4% to a 724,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate from a revised January number, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. The pace of new home sales in March was up 6.0% compared to a year earlier.

Woodworking Industry News

AWFS tackles workforce development through strategic advocacy

Every year the AWFS organizes a D.C. fly-in event, where leaders of businesses that supply tech and materials for furniture producers meet with lawmakers’ staffs to discuss issues and legislation affecting our industry.  This was my second year as part of the fly-in team, tasked with bringing lawmakers up to speed our industry’s positive impacts on sustainability, climate change, forest management and local economies and culture.