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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Boise Cascade Acquires Washington Sawmill
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1548381510056-0’); }); Boise Cascade Wood Products recently announced it acquisition of the Stimson Lumber Company sawmill in Arden, Wash. The mill will become part of Boise Cascade’s Inland Region, which includes mills in…
Fifty Jobs Lost In Seattle-Snohomish Mill Closure
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-1548381510056-0’); }); The Seattle-Snohomish Mill in Snohomish, Wash. will close in March after more than 70 years in business. The mill, which currently employs 50 people, first opened in Snohomish in 1941. “This…
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