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Japan Housing Starts: September 2016
According to a report released by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on October 31st, Japan’s housing starts in September were 85,622 units (up 10 per cent from the same month in the previous year), surpassing the previous year’s results for three consecutive months, said the Japan Lumber Journal Thursday. When compared to…
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British Columbia Softwood Lumber Exports: September 2016
BC forest product exports year-to-date (September) 2016 totalled $10.45 billion, up 8.7 per cent from $9.61 billion for the same time last year, according to the Competitiveness and Innovation Branch of the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations Tuesday. British Columbia Softwood Lumber Exports: September 2016 Highlight of Exports in September 2016,…
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US Home Sales, House Prices, Homeownership Rates
Markets in 162 of the approximately 340 metro areas across the US returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity in 3Q 2016, ac- cording to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI) released Tuesday.In 2017, sales of existing homes are forecast to grow roughly 2…
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Japan Housing Starts
Japan housing starts improved by 3.9 per cent in September 2016, to 85,622 units annually on a seasonally-adjusted basis from 82,242 units one year ago, according to Japan Lumber Reports November 4. The proportion of wood-framed new construction — at 49,733 units — dropped to 58.8 percent, from 48,7171 units, or 59.2 percent in August. New units…
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Wood Pellet Mill Investment: US
A project seeking to build a wood pellet mill in northeast Vermont has received a US$2.5 million loan guarantee through the US Department of Agriculture’s rural development division. The loan will help convert a former paper mill in Lunenburg, VT, into a wood pellet manufacturing facility. Vermont Pellet Mill Investment The project seeking to build…
