An increasing glut of empty homes for sale
hasn’t had much of an effect on lowering home prices to more attractive levels
for buyers, according to a national housing study released yesterday.
Six U.S. producers of welded standard steel pipe
and the United Steelworkers (USW) filed petitions with the U.S. Dept. of
Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging that imports of
welded standard pipe from China into the United States are being dumped and are
being subsidized by the government of China.
Combined U.S. factory shipments of central air
conditioners and air-source heat pumps for April totaled 559,774, up 7% from
April 2006 shipments, according to ARI.