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Real World Logging Profits in Canada: New Report
SOURCE: Canadian Forest Industries magazine CFI 2016 Contractor Survey on www.woodbusiness.ca Results of the Canadian Forest Industries magazine’s Canadian 2016 Contractor Survey were released June 21, with findings that 41 per cent of all contractors saw some form of rate increase over the past three years. For the rest, rates were either stagnant (28…
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Canada Sawmill Production: April 2016
Canadian softwood lumber production was 5.4 per cent higher in April than in the same month of 2015, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. Production volume was up in many of the other big lumber-producing provinces, including Quebec. Production of softwood lumber at BC sawmills was 2.1 per cent higher. Canada Sawmill Production, April 2016 Canadian softwood…
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British Columbia Lumber Exports: May 2016
British Columbia’s exports of solid wood products climbed 16.3 per cent over the first five months of 2016, compared to the same period a year earlier, said BC Stats Wednesday. Shipments of softwood lumber to the US jumped 38.7 per cent year-to-date to May, which helped boost the value of exports of softwood lumber to…
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US House Prices : April 2016
Housing market analysts do not appear moved by an April surge in pending and new home sales. New US single-family home sales recorded their biggest gain in nearly a quarter century in April, touching a more than eight-year high. Property analysts are forecasting a steady 5.4 million unit annualized pace of existing home sales over…
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US House Sales : May 2016
“May US home sales increased at a rate that’s slightly higher than the average monthly increase,” said Dave Liniger, RE/MAX CEO and Chair, to National Mortgage Professional Friday. “This is despite the fact that inventory in many markets remains very low. At the same time, interest rates appear to have stabilized, which helps encourage potential…
