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US Housing Starts: August 2015
Read more: US Housing Starts: August 2015Home-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
Read more: Housing Starts, Japan: July 2015Japan’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
Read more: Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: June 2015US 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
Read more: Canada-US 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement ExpiryFrom 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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Canada-US 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Expiry
Read more: Canada-US 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement ExpiryFrom 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
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/18/15Madison’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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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/18/15
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/18/15Madison’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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Canada Industrial Capacity Utilization Rates: 2Q 2015
Read more: Canada Industrial Capacity Utilization Rates: 2Q 2015Canadian industries operated at 81.3 per cent of their production capacity in 2Q, down from 82.6 per cent in 1Q, said Statistics Canada Thursday. This was the second consecutive quarterly decline. As in the previous quarter, the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and manufacturing industries led the decline. Outside of manufacturing, capacity utilization…
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Housing Starts, Canada: August 2015
Read more: Housing Starts, Canada: August 2015Housing starts in Canada rose 12.2 per cent to an annual rate of 216,924 units in August, surpassing expectations, reflecting a jump in condo activity in Toronto, Canada’s largest city. Urban starts rose 13.6 per cent last month to 201,312 units, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp said Wednesday. In the urban segment, multi-unit starts rose…
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Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: June 2015
Read more: Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity: June 2015US 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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US Real Estate and General Economic Indicators
Read more: 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
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/11/15Madison’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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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/11/15
Read more: Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 09/11/15Madison’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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ISM Manufacturing Index, US: August 2015
Read more: ISM Manufacturing Index, US: August 2015The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing purchasing managers index, released Tuesday, fell to 51.1 in August from 52.7 in July. Manufacturing Index, US The ISM survey’s exports index declined to 46.5 last month from 48 in July. That gauge has slid each month since May—the last time it was at a break-even level. The new-orders…
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Merchandise Trade, US and Canada: July 2015
Read more: Merchandise Trade, US and Canada: July 2015Canada’s exports rose 2.3 per cent in July and were concentrated in non-energy products, according to Statistics Canada Thursday. Exports excluding energy products rose 4 per cent. Overall, export prices grew 1.3 per cent while export volumes advanced 1.0 per cent. US exports, meanwhile, increased 0.4 per cent to US$188.5 billion, despite a strong dollar…
