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Housing Starts, US
US home construction fell 9.3 per cent in June, a surprising sign of weakness for a sector that has struggled to maintain momentum over the past year. Housing starts sank last month to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 893,000, the weakest showing since September 2013, the Commerce Department said Thursday. It was the second-straight…
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US Housing Starts
Housing starts in the US fell 6.5 per cent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.001 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That marked the first decline in four months. The decline was broad-based across regions and type of construction. Single-family housing starts fell 5.9 per cent, while multifamily fell 7.6 per…
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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 ;…