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US Mortgages
Warren Buffet, head of multi-billion dollar investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, said Tuesday he is surprised Americans are not “lining up now to get mortgages to buy a home.” He is puzzled by the sluggish rebound in US home construction amid near record-low interest rates and a broader recovery in the economy. At a conference hosted…
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Wildfires 2014
The share of the US Forest Service budget devoted to fire management rose from 13 per cent in 1991 to more than 40 per cent in 2012. The total for all federal agencies last year – Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Fish and Wildlife Service – topped…
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Lumber prices rise amid reports of supply holes in eastern Canada, U.S.
October 3, 2014 MADISON’S WEEKLY LUMBER MARKET UPDATE AND OVERVIEW Provided by: Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonsreport.com North American dimension lumber and panel prices waffled back upward this week as seriously depleted field inventories of solid wood products and an up-limit lumber futures board Wednesday collided to stop the two-week drop in most prices, according to…
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Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014
Lumber Import and Export (USA), Lumber Prices : July and August 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement
Last week at the Forest Economic Advisors’ Forest Products Forum at the World Forestry Center in Portland, OR, the US Lumber Coalition stated it does not support simply extending the 2006 Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement when it expires on October 12, 2015. The agreement was renewed in 2013 with no changes. If it is allowed…
