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US Housing Starts
US housing starts rose less than expected in March and building permits fell, pointing to underlying weakness in the housing market that could persist despite better weather. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday groundbreaking increased 2.8 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000. February’s starts were revised to show a 1.9 per…
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Lumber News Archives: July 2013
Softwood Lumber Board Update ; US Housing Starts, Builder Sentiment ; BC Forest Practices Board Report ; Canada Wholesale Trade North American Trucking Crisis ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Housing Starts, Canada ; Japan Housing Starts ; US Producer Price Index ; Structurlam Funding ; Canwell Acquires . . . Forestry and Sustainability ; Babine…
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Lumber News Archives: May 2013
Forestry Week, Vancouver ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; US Housing Starts ; British Columbia Floods ; Sawmill Fire, Forestry Worker Fatality ; Interfor Buys . . . ; Biomass Fuel Study ; North American Wildfires ; Canada Housing Starts ; Housing Starts, Japan; Ontario Wood Pellet Plant ; Quarterly Earnings;Hardwood Plywood Imports From China ;…
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Lumber News Archives: Jan 2013
Truck Logger AGM 2013 : Part I ; BC Government Announces; US Housing Starts ; Dust and Sawmill Safety; Housing Starts, Japan ; US Factory Output ; Ontario State of the Forests Report ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Canfor to Invest in South Carolina Mill ; Two Sawmill Fires, One Stabbing ; BC Seeks Firefighters…
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US Housing Starts, Home Sales, Inventories
US housing starts fell for a third straight month in February, but a rebound in building permits offered some hope for the housing market as it struggles to emerge from a soft patch. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday groundbreaking slipped 0.2 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 907,000 units. That followed…
