Tag: HomeBuilding

North America construction framing softwood dimension lumber prices were essentially flat this week compared to last, as sellers had a difficult time dealing with the sheer lack of demand. Supplies are robust to bursting and field inventories are resplendent with wood. The latest US home building, sales, and price data has been beyond glowing; so…

Rental rates in the US have been rising steadily for more than 10 years. The latest data, released April 30, shows that rents for an average US apartment have risen +1.5% in the past year and more than +4% since 2010. That’s a pretty high rate-of-return, even when compared to recent stock market gains. Seemingly…

According to estimates from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department released Thursday, single-family and multifamily starts in the US improved in April, consistent with the recent stabilization of the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Single-family starts increased +6.2% to an 854,000 seasonally adjusted annual pace in April. Total multifamily starts increased +4.7%…

The most recent data, released Tuesday, from Construction Spending showed that spending on US residential improvements fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of US$173 billion in March 2019, -14.1% lower than a year ago. RA very important segment to sawmills and lumber manufacturers, residential Improvement Spending in the US has experienced weakness after reaching the peak of…