Articles by Bryan Gottlieb

Approaching more stability after the volatility of the past couple of years, sales of new single-family homes in the US significantly corrected down in June, at 697,000 units, which is 2.5% lower than May's downwardly revised 715,000, but up almost 24% compared to June 2022. 

A 40-year-old roofing contractor from Rockland County, NY, with a history of safety violations and two employee deaths, was charged with knowingly and willfully violating federal safety regulations, including failing to protect his employees from fall hazards, resulting in injuries and deaths. 

RSP Sales Profile: Meet Bob Yurk, Michigan district manager for Beacon Building Products, whose philosophy on what makes a salesman effective has provided him and his colleagues a net gain.

A homeowner in Louisville, Ky., experienced nearly $10,000 in unauthorized roof repairs when a local roofing concern mistakenly worked on his property due to an address mix-up.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office charged a San Jose, Calif. contractor with committing insurance fraud amounting to $460,000 three years after a fatal accident involving company trucks, where one employee died. 

A group of men posing as a roofing crew from a reputable Twin Cities roofing concern has been using false credentials to access homes and wreak thousands of dollars in roof damage.

Owens Corning made a donation of three truckloads of shingles to help the residents of Perryton, Texas, with the huge task of rebuilding. Amarillo, Texas-based Roof Spotters has made helping the Panhandle community its mission.

Tesla has agreed to pay around $6 million to settle a Solar Roof class-action lawsuit brought by customers who signed contracts to install its Solar Roof system at their homes and then told the cost would be substantially more than originally quoted. 

American Hydrotech's Monolithic Membrane 6125, the original hot fluid-applied rubberized asphalt membrane, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The product has protected over 2 billion square feet of roofing and waterproofing in over 86 countries.