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Japan Housing Starts: May 2014
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport data shows that units built for owners declined by 22.9 per cent, to 22,288 units, said Japan Lumber Reports. These drops are influenced by Japan’s consumption tax increase in April 2013, the government agency said. New construction of wood-based units in May dropped to 36,983, from 40,035 the…
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Japan Housing Starts
Total housing starts in Japan for April were 75,286 units, a 3.3 per cent drop from one year ago, and representing two months’ decline, according to Japan Lumber Reports. This is a slight improvement over March starts of 69,111, and brings seasonally-adjusted annual starts to 906,000. Housing Starts, Japan New construction of owners’ units in…
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Japan Housing Starts
February housing starts in Japan totalled 69,689 units, a 1 per cent increase over February last year and a consecutive 18-month improvement, said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. Seasonally-adjusted starts were 919,000 units, a 6 per cent decrease over January. Housing Starts, Japan Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation commented that the stable economic…
