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Who Will Own the Forest? 11
It was time again for the annual Who Will Own the Forest? timberland investment conference held at the World Forestry Center in Portland, OR, a couple of weeks ago. As with the past few years, Forest Economic Advisors, out of Boston, MA, also held their Forest Products Forum that week. US MacroEconomic and Real Estate…
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Softwood Lumber Agreement Termination Notice and Instructions from Customs and Border Protection
THIS JUST IN FROM ONE OF MADISON’S LUMBER REPORTER’S VALUED SOURCES… RE: SLA Termination Notice and Instructions from CBP “Dear SLA Clients and Colleagues; Please see the attached U.S. Customs CSMS issued today with regard to the termination of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement. While DFAIT is going to continue to require Export Permits for…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 10/02/15
North American W-SPF 2×4 dimension #lumber prices decline this week E-SPF still firm. Southern Pine rises; hit bottom mid-Sept #building W-SPF 2×4 studs #lumber prices flat, Oriented Strand Board central zone bounces from recent low. North American solid wood supply ample. Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews #LUMBER PRICES 10/02: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$248 mfbm, -$6; WSPF…
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Canada Investment in Residential Construction
Spending on new Canadian housing construction was $4.2 billion in July, up 0.5 per cent from the same month a year earlier. according to Statistics Canada Tuesday. Nationally, the gain came from higher investment in apartment and apartment-condominium building construction, which increased 17.5 per cent to $1.4 billion and also, to a less- er extent,…
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US House Prices
US home prices climbed 0.6 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis from June, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said in a report from Washington Tuesday. The gain was 5.8 per cent from a year earlier. The FHFA’s index is 1.1 per cent below its March 2007 peak and about the same as the November…
