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Oregon looks to mass timber factory homes to help ease housing shortfall, but some environmentalists push back; they say cutting younger trees will not mitigate wildfire risk, and 40-year harvesting rotations contribute little to storing more carbon
Published: February 06, 2023 by Fortune
John Burns Consulting: US needs 17.1 million housing units built this decade, including single-family and multifamily, to satisfy current and future demand; builders were on pace to build needed units, but will fall short in 2023 amid affordability crisis
Published: February 01, 2023 by John Burns Real Estate Consulting LLC
John Burns survey finds 75% homebuilders buying down buyers' mortgage rates to make payments more affordable; such incentives encouraging more consumers to consider buying new homes versus existing homes, as resale market can’t compete with those offers
Published: January 31, 2023 by Fortune
Oregon's governor sees prototype affordable mass timber modular homes as possible 'part of the solution' to state's need to build 36,000 new homes/year; prototypes, being built by nonprofit Hacienda CDC, will be donated to other nonprofit housing groups
Published: January 30, 2023 by Portland Tribune
CIBC upgrades Canfor, Interfor and West Fraser to outperformer from neutral, with housing affordability improving, significant removal of British Columbia lumber industry capacity from Canfor; large capacity shock in BC Interior should boost lumber prices
Published: January 30, 2023 by CIBC World Markets Inc.

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