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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/18/15
Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews #LUMBER PRICES 09/18: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$250 mfbm, +5; WSPF KD PET 2×4 Studs $230, +5; Doug Fir green #2&Btr 2×4 $300, -5; OSB ON 7/16″ C$270 msf, -2. #LumberPrices #BuildingMaterials #HomeBuilding #timber http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/lumber-prices/
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US Real Estate and General Economic Indicators
“There’s still plenty of pent up activity in the housing sector. And it’s hard to see the US economy running out of steam with this much upside left in residential investment, according to some economists and analysts,” said Bloomberg Business Thursday. “New [home] foreclosures have dropped to precrisis levels and sales of previously owned homes—the…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/11/15
Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews #LUMBER PRICES 09/11: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$245 mfbm; WSPF KD PET 2×4 Studs $225; Doug Fir green #2&Btr 2×4 $305; OSB ON 7/16″ C$272 msf. http://162.213.156.131/~madisonsreport/lumber-prices/
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New Inland Container Port: British Columbia
A new container transload facility in the BC interior, which received its first containers from Hapag-Lloyd this week, has been in the making for more than a decade. Funded primarily by the Landucci family, with a $3.57-million grant from the federal government, the terminal is expected to offer an inland port for some of the…
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North America Transportation Development
Consider that more than 100 shipping vessels will probably be scrapped this year – a record – as owners will demolish the equivalent of about 6 per cent of all capesize vessels in 2015. This on May 15 from GMS Inc, a Cumberland, MD-based company that purchases obsolete carriers. Even so, earnings per vessel will…
