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Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Japan Lumber and Logs: October 2015, Housing Starts

    According to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries “Informa- tion on the Exports and Imports of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products” report, Japan’s export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products amounted to 66.07 billion yen in October 2015, an increase of 17.5 per cent from the same month of the previous year, said the…

  • US and Canada Lumber Production: October 2015

    Lumber production in the United States totalled 27.022 billion board feet from January through October 2015. This represents a 1.2 per cent increase as com– pared to January-October 2014, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s “Lumber Track” publication, released Wednesday. Lumber production in Canada from January through October 2015 totalled 22.193 billion board feet.…

  • Truck Logger Association Announces….

    Members of The Truck Loggers Association elected their first female president, Jacqui Beban, at their AGM in Vancouver this week. The Truck Loggers Association has had 37 male presidents since its incorporation on May 4, 1943. This is a historic first for The Truck Loggers Association and BC’s forest industry.

  • US Home Prices: October and Year-End 2015

    Home prices across the US, including distressed sales, increased by 6.3 per cent in November 2015 compared with November 2014 and increased by 0.5 per- cent in November 2015 compared with October 2015, according to the CoreLogic HPI released Thursday. US House Prices: October and Year-End 2015 The Black Knight current month US home prices…

  • Apartment Vacancy Rates, US: 4Q 2015

    Reis reported Wednesday that the apartment vacancy rate in the US increased in 4Q 2015 to 4.4 per cent, up from 4.3 per cent in 3Q, and up from 4.3 per cent in 4Q 2014. The vacancy rate peaked at 8.0 per cent at the end of 2009, and appears to have bottomed at 4.2…