Housing Starts Increase In April
Housing starts across the U.S. increased in April 2.2% to 1.4 million according the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction report released May 17. Notably, this is 22.3% lower than April 2022’s 1.8 million. Single-family home construction increased 1.6% to its highest level so far in 2023. Starts of apartment buildings and other multifamily projects also rose: The April rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 542,000.
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New Sawmill Is Planned For Near Forks
He’s back. Phil Johnson, who was one of the principals and helped to build sawmill operations called Lewis County Forest Products in Winlock, Wash. and Mason County Forest Products in Shelton, Wash., is in the sawmill development business again with Spencer Forest Products and its proposed softwood sawmill in…
New Year Brings In Housing Starts Dip
U.S. housing starts dropped 4.1% in January 2022 from December 2021 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.638 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new residential construction report. Single-family starts in January were…
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