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US All-Cash Home Sales: February 2015
According to CoreLogic Wednesday, cash sales of US homes made up 37.9 per cent of total sales nationally in February 2015, down from 40.6 per cent in February 2014. February is the 26th consecutive month of declines. Home Sales, US Month over month, the share of all-cash home sales fell by 1 percentage point, said…
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Japan Housing Starts: March 2015
Japan’s housing starts in March were 69,887 units (up 0.7 per cent from the same month in the previous year), surpassing the previous year’s results for the first time in 13 months. The seasonally-adjusted annual rate was 920,000 units (up 1.7 per cent from the previous month), said Japan Lumber Journal and Japan Lumber Reports,…
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Housing Starts, Canada: April 2015
The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp reported May 8 that the seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts fell to 181,814 in April from a downwardly revised 189,546 units in March. Canada Housing Starts In Canada, condo starts slipped 14.2 per cent to 107,216, said the CMHC. Single-detached starts rose 11.4 per cent to 58,229.…
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Forestry Week 2015: Vancouver
Last week the Pulp and Paper Products Council and PwC held their annual forestry conferences in Vancouver, BC. As always the events were jam-packed with great speakers providing up-to-the minute information on the latest developments with the forest products industry in North America and internationally. Numerous networking sessions gave the over-capacity crowd a chance to…
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US Architecture Billings Index: March 2015
For the second consecutive month, the US Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has indicated a “modest increase” in design activity in March. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the March ABI score was 51.7, up from a mark of 50.4 in February. The new projects inquiry index was 58.2, up from a reading of 56.6…
