As a team of federal housing experts left South Florida on Friday after spending four days here inspecting homes with Masonite siding problems, the manufacturer says its critics have been answered. “I ...

I have heard there is a deadline approaching for participating in the "Masonite Hardboard Siding settlement." What can you tell us about this suit and settlement? -- R.P., Tulsa. The deadline is Jan.

Flung by Hurricane Andrew into a no-holds-barred examination of the home building industry, South Florida is starting to look beyond builders — to the products they use to do the job. Masonite Corp., ...