US
housing starts rose to a four-year high in October, increasing 3.6 per cent
month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 894,000.
Building permit data, a proxy for future housing starts, declined slightly but
was still strong at 866,000 (SAAR), suggesting that the recovery in the US homebuilding
sector will be sustained.
A pick-up in US new home construction seems to already be stimulating increased
shipments of BC wood products. The uptick in housing starts this year, and
especially the acceleration of construction activity in the third quarter, has
coincided with a 25 cent year-over-year increase in BC softwood lumber exports
and a 27 per cent increase in all housing related wood product exports to the
United States through the end of the third quarter.
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