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Wood Markets News
Australia’s TimberLink Announces Plan to Build Mass Timber Factory
Australia’s budding engineered timber market received more good news with the announcement that Tasmanian timber producer TimberLink plans to build […]
Single Family Built-for-Rent Construction Slows in 2019
The single-family homes built for rent (SFBFR) rarely draws much attention in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Starts and Completions […]
January 2020 Single-Family Permits Rise Above 12-year High
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that single-family authorizations, as permits are commonly known as, jumped 987,000 at a seasonally adjusted […]
Producer Price Index on Construction Materials Up 0.5% in January
According to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Producer Price Index (PPI) on prices paid for goods […]
Fannie Mae Ups GDP Expectations for 2020 and 2021
Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) group is upgrading its forecast for business fixed investments (BFI) for the second […]
Mortgage Applications Drop in the Week Ending February 14th, 2020
According to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Application Survey, for the week ending February 14th, 2020, […]
January Housing Starts Remain Strong
The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that Privately‐owned housing starts in January were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of […]
Tokyo based Seihoku Plywood is developing a plywood with a thickness of more than 50mm
Seeking to participate in the new engineered wood market, Tokyo based Seihoku Plywood is developing a plywood with a thickness […]
Value of British Columbia Exports Fall 6.4% When Compared to 2018
According to B.C. Statistics, exports originating from British Columbia dropped 6.4% in value in 2019, when compared to 2018. Slumping […]