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US Construction Job Openings: May 2019
US Construction Job Openings Fall Back in May Data from the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) indicate that US construction job openings declined in May off a cycle high count in April, according to the US National Association of Home Builders Tuesday.The estimated number of job openings in the construction sector fell back to…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity Utilization, WWPA: April 2019
The latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track, for January-April 2019, shows a +0.9% increase in US softwood lumber production volume, to 11,718 mmfbm. Last month it was +0.4%.January – April softwood lumber production in Canada continued dropping, this time by another -8.8%, to 8,588 mmfbm, compared to the first four…
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Lumber Prices Moderate as 2019 Summer Begins in North America
Compared to the wild highs of one year ago, lumber prices this week can be described as “moderate”. For this exact week in 2018, the price of benchmark North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber commodity Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&Btr flatlined for several weeks at an astonishing US$622 mfbm. Since then this price has…
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Lumber Prices Moderate as 2019 Summer Begins in North America
This week’s price of benchmark WSPF 2×4 (wholesaler, net FOB sawmill/hub) is flat at US$402 mfbm compared to the previous week. This is +$96, or +31%, more than it was one month ago when it was US$306 mfbm. #sawmill #building #construction #wood #housing Madison’s Lumber Prices @LumberNews 1h #Lumber Prices Moderate Summer 2019 Day-to-day sales…
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US House Prices: April 2019
Nationally in the US, home price appreciation continued to slow in April. The Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices Wednesday, rose at a seasonally adjusted annual growth rate of +3.4% in April, following an increase of +3.1% in March. On a year-over-year basis, the Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index…
