According to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Application Survey, for the week ending April 3rd, 2020, […]
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CoreLogic® Reports Home Prices Increased in February 2020
CoreLogic® has released its CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast™ for February 2020. The index is reporting that […]
Russia was China’s Main Sawn Softwood Lumber Supplier in 2019
China’s main supplier of softwood lumber in 2019 was Russia. Imports from Russia increased 9% to 17.03 million cubic meters […]
European Softwood Lumber Exporters Deal with COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia and Now Europe
According to China Customs data, softwood lumber prices in China fell 13.5% to $161 per cubic meter in January and […]
Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey for February Shows Construction Employment Potential Growth
The Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS) has reported the results of their Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for […]
Boise Cascade Announces Steps to Respond to Evolving Market Conditions
Nate Jorgensen, CEO of Boise Cascade, announced on Monday, April 6th, that the company is taking steps in response to […]
Philippine Government Suspends Restrictions on Transfer of Wood and Forest Products
Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu, has announced a revision to his original memorandum of […]
Katerra Announces 3% Reduction in Global Workforce
Katerra, the prefab construction startup, announced on Thursday April 2nd, that in response to the economic slowdown, the result of […]
Canadian Manufacturing Level Fall in March
According to the recently released IHS Markit Canada Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ index (PMI), a measure of manufacturing business conditions, fell […]
Moody’s Analytics Paints Gloomy Picture for Many Americans with Mortgages
Moody’s Analytics, chief economist, Mark Zandi, is saying he believes that unlike the last recession, a dozen years ago, lenders […]