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US Housing Starts: August 2015
Home-building in the US slipped in August, with declines in both single-family and apartment-building construction. US housing starts fell 3 per cent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.126 million last month, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Moreover, new applications for building permits rose 3.5 per cent to 1.17 million,…
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Housing Starts, Japan: July 2015
Japan’s housing starts in July were 78,263 units (up 7.4 per cent from the same month in the previous year), surpassing the previous year’s result for five months in a row, according to Japan Lumber Journal Tuesday. Starts of owner occupied houses were 25,396 units (up 8 per cent), increasing for three months in a…
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Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: June 2015
US lumber production increased 2.7 per cent through June compared to the same 6 month period last year, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s latest Lumber Track, released Tuesday. Total US production through June was 16.02 BBF, up from 15.59 BBF last year. Production in the West increased 0.9 per cent in the first…
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Canada-US 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Expiry
From one of Madison’s Lumber Reporter’s valued sources Friday: “In that the SLA will expire at 11:59 p.m. October 12th, though we’ve been unable to secure written confirmation at this time through the U.S. DOC or the Canadian DFAIT offices as to exactly what procedures will be involved after the 12th, we can only assume…
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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/
