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US Existing Home Sales: August 2019
Boosted by low mortgage rates, US existing home sales, released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), rose to 17-month high in August. Total existing home sales, including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, climbed +1.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.49 million in August, the largest gain since March 2018. On a year-over-year…
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USA Douglas-Fir Plywood & OSB Prices: New Data Set
As always Madison’s Lumber Reporter is working hard to bring the best and latest information to the North American softwood lumber manufacturing industry …. today we are happy to reveal that: (prices US$ per msf. stocking wholesaler market in US Northeast / New Jersey) Madison’s Lumber Reporter has secured enough sources to be able to…
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Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&btr wholesaler softwood lumber price: Up another +$6 to US$382 mfbm
Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&btr wholesaler price this week: US$376 mfbm (net FOB #sawmill) Wholesaler price of benchmark North American #construction framing #softwood dimension #lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir KD 2×4 #2&btr climbs another +1.6%, or +$6, this week: to US$382 mfbm (net FOB #sawmill), from $376 last week. #building #housing #wood https://madisonsreport.com/lumber-prices/
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WTO Opens Registration to Public for Canada-US Softwood Lumber Hearing
The WTO panel deciding “US — Countervailing Measures on Softwood Lumber from Canada” (DS533) has decided to open its second substantive meeting to public observation on 16, 17 and 18 October 2019. This live screening will take place at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva. On 16 and 17 October 2019, the meeting with the parties is…
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US Housing Starts Boom: August 2019
Single family starts were up +3.4% year-over-year, and multi-family starts were up +13.7% YoY. Much of the strength for August starts data was in the volatile multi-family sector, still – overall – this was a strong report. In what more than a few analysts are calling “the peak before the crash”, total housing starts…
