Purchase activity eased modestly while refinance activity picked up as rates remained relatively stable in the six weeks to June 25, 2026.
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President postpones approval of housing legislation while calling for passage of a separate voter identification measure.
Elevated mortgage rates and economic uncertainty weigh on buyer demand as new-home inventory reaches a 10.3-month supply.
15-year fixed rate declined to 5.81% while retail sales and pending home sales improved.
Slower household formation, reduced immigration, weak home sales, and a shortage of low-cost housing are expected to weigh on demand and affordability.
Housing starts ran at a 1.18 million annualized pace in May as multifamily starts dropped; single-family starts were 882,000 units.
The project will assess converting industrial-grade logs into fully fitted mass timber modules for hotels, housing and offices.
15-year rate also rose while employment momentum lifted existing-home sales to a five-month high.
Both non-residential and residential sectors contributed to the monthly decline, with institutional and multi-family components posting the largest losses.
Wood processing, pulp, paper and building material prices stayed below year-earlier levels, while overall industrial producer prices rose on higher raw material and mining costs.
The deal adds a plant with 46 million linear feet capacity and 120 employees.
The recommendations cover regulation, procurement and innovation and name departmental leads and timelines for potential adoption of Irish-grown timber
Median existing-home price rose to $429,300 while total inventory reached 1.55 million units, a 4.5-month supply.
The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.
15-year fixed rate fell to 5.79%; both rates were below their levels a year earlier
Funding will support low-carbon wood technologies, mass timber housing, Indigenous participation and export diversification while ministers review Task Force recommendations
The firm will design wooden structures, while Hill International will consolidate project management.
Alan Haughie to retire after seven years, remaining as advisor through February 2027 to support annual report completion.
Single-family spending increased 1.4% in April while remodeling rose 0.4% and remained 7.5% higher year-on-year.
The official manufacturing purchasing managers index stood at 50.0 in May, down 0.3 points from April, while the composite PMI output index rose to 50.5.