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Tag: Softwood Lumber Prices

  • US Apartment Vacancy Rate: 1Q 2017

    Reis reported Friday that the US apartment vacancy rate was at 4.3 per cent in Q1 2017, up from 4.2 per cent in 4Q 2016, and unchanged from 4.3 per cent in 1Q 2016. The vacancy rate peaked at 8 per cent at the end of 2009. From Reis: Effective Apartment Rents Decline in 23…

  • Softwood Lumber Negotiations Update and NAFTA

    The latest movement from the new US Administration on trade issues is this week bringing forward NAFTA discussions to the US Congress. Of most interest to the Canadian and US softwood lumber industry, a component of the Administration’s letter appears related to the softwood lumber dispute with Canada. The draft calls for eliminating a provision…

  • Madison’s Wood Pellet Report

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  • US Housing Inventory: 1Q 2017

    The US housing market has again moved toward greater disconnect between supply and demand, according to a Trulia report released Thursday. US home inventory has tumbled to a new low after the eighth straight quarter of decline as supply can not keep up with demand. The drop in availability is being felt most acutely by…

  • Softwood Lumber and NAFTA

    It’s looking increasingly like NAFTA is not going to get just “tweaked”, according to the latest meetings of new USTR appointee Robert Lighthizer, who formerly worked for Ronald Reagan. Lighthizer told his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday that softwood is “at the top of the list,” said the Globe and Mail March 14. He said he…