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Jul
26
Lumber prices have been on a roller-coaster ride over the past two years and reached to an all-time high price of $1,515 per thousand board feed in...
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Date posted
Jul
26
Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged...
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Date posted
Jul
26
The lumber market has taken some big hits from rising inflation and a slowdown in the housing market, with lumber prices down more than 40% in the...
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Date posted
Jul
26
U.S. Sens. John Thune and Bob Menendez urged U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai...
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Date posted
Jul
19
Over the first five months of 2022, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date (YTD) nationwide reached 473,997.
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Date posted
Jul
19
Private equity firm Building Industry Partners (BIP), has launched a new lumber and building materials platform, West Coast Lumber.
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Date posted
Jul
19
Construction input prices increased 1.9% in June compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of...
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Date posted
Jul
19
Since the relatively low point at the onset of the pandemic on April 17, 2020, lumber prices have been volatile, with record setting spikes...
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Date posted
Jul
19
Mortgage rates are on the rise; the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is just over 5.5%, according to Freddie Mac.
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Date posted
Jul
19
So far this year has been nothing but wall-to-wall angst: runaway inflation, stock market staggering, recession around the corner, gridlocked supply...
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Date posted
Jul
19
Buyers continue to purchase lumber as needed, but order files appear to be getting farther out as wildfire and hurricane seasons begin.
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