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MADISON’S FOREST PULSE :: Next Issue Out Next Week!
Read more: MADISON’S FOREST PULSE :: Next Issue Out Next Week!don’t miss out… MADISON’S FOREST PULSE The information tool for your forest management and investment. Our quarterly product is tailored to provide you with vital information about the North American solid wood, pulp, and paper industry at your fingertips in a timely manner. CLICK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD! ForestPulsePromo Don’t miss even one issue of this…
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US Lumber Imports and Canada Sawmill Manufacturing Sales: Nov 2014
Read more: US Lumber Imports and Canada Sawmill Manufacturing Sales: Nov 2014Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews VALUES US Sawmill Products Exports to China up 20% #buildingmaterialsprices #lumberprices US Softwood Lumber Production up 4.7%; Sawmill Capacity Utilization up 4% to 84%. US Lumber Imports and Exports , Lumber Prices from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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US Lumber Imports and Canada Sawmill Manufacturing Sales: Nov 2014
Read more: US Lumber Imports and Canada Sawmill Manufacturing Sales: Nov 2014Madison’s Reporter @LumberNews VALUES US Sawmill Products Exports to China up 20%Â #buildingmaterialsprices #lumberprices US Softwood Lumber Production up 4.7%; Sawmill Capacity Utilization up 4% to 84%. US Lumber Imports and Exports , Lumber Prices from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Coastal Forestry : British Columbia
Read more: Coastal Forestry : British ColumbiaJust as the 72nd Annual Truck Logger AGM kicks off this week in Victoria, BC, bringing west coast Canadian forestry stakeholders, operators, and contractors together, major announcements are coming out of BC’s coastal forest products manufacturers. Most notable among these is Western Forest Products, a major employer on Vancouver Island and the mainland coast. Western…
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US Lumber Imports/Exports : Nov 2014
Read more: US Lumber Imports/Exports : Nov 2014Values of US imports of sawmill products from Canada January to November 2014 improved 8.9 per cent, to US$4,939 million (CIF value), compared to the value at the same time last year, US$4498 million, according to the latest US Foreign Census data. US Softwood Lumber Imports and Exports : November 2014 Values of US exports…
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US Freight and Rail Data: 2014
Read more: US Freight and Rail Data: 2014The latest data out of the the US Transportation Department and Statistics Canada show volumes of lumber and wood moved on the rails in the US and Canada up slightly for January to October 2014 compared to one year ago. US Freight Volumes: 2014 Statistics for full-year 2014 truck rail volumes, recently released, show a…
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Canada Investment in non-residential building construction: 3Q ‘14
Read more: Canada Investment in non-residential building construction: 3Q ‘14From Statistics Canada: Jan 16 2015 Investment in non-residential building construction reached $12.9 billion in 4Q, up 0.3 per cent from the previous quarter. Investment in institutional projects rose by 1.4 per cent to $3.5 billion in 4Q, the third straight quarterly increase in this component nationally. Investment in industrial projects was up 1.1 per…
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NMHC: Apartment Market Conditions Slightly Tighter in January Survey
Read more: NMHC: Apartment Market Conditions Slightly Tighter in January SurveyApartment markets expanded in three of four areas in the January National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions, indicating a slight moderation of the pace of improvement. Only the sales volume index (44) dropped below 50, with market tightness (51), equity financing (55) and debt financing (71) showing continued expansion. From…
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Construction Employment, US
Read more: Construction Employment, USAccording to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and NAHB analysis, the number of open construction sector jobs for November, seasonally adjusted, rose to 145,000. The November level marks the 3rd highest total of unfilled jobs in construction during the post-recession period. Rising Number of Open Jobs in…
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Japan Housing Starts: Nov 2014
Read more: Japan Housing Starts: Nov 2014According to a report released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on December 25, 2014, Japan’s housing starts in November 2014 were 78,364 units, down 14.3 per cent from the same month in the previous year, recoding a decline for nine consecutive months, according to Japan Lumber Journal Thursday. Compared to November…
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US Mortgage Foreclosures Lowest Since 2006
Read more: US Mortgage Foreclosures Lowest Since 2006The number of US properties in the process of being foreclosed upon dropped last year to its lowest level since 2006, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said Thursday. In total, 1,117,426 properties were at some stage of foreclosure proceedings in 2014, down 18 per cent from 2013 and off 61 per cent from the peak…
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Softwood Lumber Board Seeks Candidates
Read more: Softwood Lumber Board Seeks CandidatesThe Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) seeks nominations of softwood lumber manufacturers and importers interested in candidacy for Board seats coming open in January 2016. The deadline for nominations is March 6th 2015. The 19-member board will hold elections to fill six seats for members whose terms expire on Dec. 31, 2015. Domestic manufacturers will fill…
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices Updated
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices UpdatedDisinterested buyers and softening demand sent most dimension lumber and some panel products’ prices down slightly last week. The weak Canadian dollar brought motivated construction framing lumber sellers from Canada into US markets. Volumes sold were stable, if slightly down, over the end of last year. Canadian softwood lumber production, sales, and export VOLUMES January…
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices Updated
Read more: Madison’s Weekly Lumber Prices UpdatedDisinterested buyers and softening demand sent most dimension lumber and some panel products’ prices down slightly last week. The weak Canadian dollar brought motivated construction framing lumber sellers from Canada into US markets. Volumes sold were stable, if slightly down, over the end of last year. Canadian softwood lumber production, sales, and export VOLUMES January…
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Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014
Read more: Canada Lumber Production by Sawmills: Oct 2014October 2014 Lumber production by sawmills increased 3 per cent from September to 5,312.7 thousand cubic metres in October, said Statistics Canada Monday. Compared with October 2013, lumber production decreased 0.5 per cent. Sawmills shipped 5,328.5 thousand cubic metres of lumber in October, an increase of 6.2 per cent from September.
