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US Housing Starts
US housing starts rose less than expected in March and building permits fell, pointing to underlying weakness in the housing market that could persist despite better weather. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday groundbreaking increased 2.8 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000. February’s starts were revised to show a 1.9 per…
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Oregon Timber Revenue
Eighteen western Oregon counties received US$39.6 million in another set of one-time federal payments for lands once owned by the Oregon & California Railroad, according to the Statesman Journal Thursday. Timber Revenue, Oregon The release was announced by the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees most of those lands. The Forest Service released US$68 million…
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BC College Receives Funding
The College of New Caledonia received its largest-ever grant Thursday, according to the Prince George Citizen. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has given the college $1.88 million and the CNC Research Forestry Society has given $200,000 to research innovations in the forestry industry. The college will work with key players in the…
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L and S Lumber Closes
A long time Nova Scotia sawmill has shut its doors, according to Atlantic Farm Focus Thursday. L and S Lumber in Caledonia, once known as NF Douglas Lumber, ceased operations April 7. The sawmill has many years of history behind it, operating formerly as the NF Douglas sawmill from the late 1800’s until it was…
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US Home Asking Prices
Asking prices for US homes were up 10 per cent year-over-year in March, said Trulia Thursday. Despite declining investor purchases and more inventory coming onto the market, asking home prices continued to rise at the start of the spring housing season. Month-over-month, asking prices rose 1.2 per cent nationally in March 2014, seasonally adjusted. Quarter-over-quarter,…
