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Uncertainty, Affordability, and a Current Update of North American Housing
The North American housing market is characterized by resilience, adaptability, and evolving demand trends. Builders, suppliers, and buyers are all...
Housing and Construction
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Housing Supply Headlines: What a Step-Up in Starts Could Mean for Lumber, Logs, and Residuals
Any credible push to expand US homebuilding has immediate implications across the building materials complex. Recent headlines suggesting that major...
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Paris Uses Wood for Olympic Aquatics Center: What Does This Mean for the Forestry Industry?
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are about to make a significant statement about sustainable architecture. Instead of constructing grand monuments...
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Chemicals Markets in Housing, Construction and Infrastructure Worldwide
At the risk of perpetuating a troubling 2023 trope, the construction sector is contradictory on a global scale right now. While growing populations...
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Inflation, Recession Fears Slow US Housing and Manufacturing
As inflation continues to dog the economy, industries surrounding the forestry market are feeling the pinch. Further speculation about more rate...
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Could the Downward Swing in Housing Finally Shift Gears?
After dismal housing market reports in December, lots of industry chatter is discussing where the market is heading. We are seeing quite a bit of...
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Housing Starts Drop Over 20% as Interest and Recession Fears Rise
December housing starts saw a dip of over 20% from the same time last year. With interest rates rising and murmurs of a recession abound, the market...
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Southern Lumber Prices Continue to Inch Down
After jumping 12% in August due in large part to strong demand from the multi-family construction sector, US housing starts dipped by 8% in...
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Lower Housing Starts, Higher Home Prices, and Surging Inflation
After a disappointing May (-14%), US home building continued to inch down in June as the housing market cools amid surging mortgage rates and...
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May Housing Starts Plummet and Softwood Lumber Prices Follow
US homebuilding plummeted to a 13-month low in May, and prices for finished softwood lumber followed suit as the housing market cools amid surging...