Over the past two years, we at Forest2Market have pointed out the extreme housing overbuild that occurred during the boom years and the equally extreme underbuild that followed the financial crash. As this figure shows, Forest2Market's forecast and modeling indicates that, between ...
Builder confidence jumped 5 points to 46, its highest level since May 2006 in response to several strong residential construction numbers and signs that the market will get even better in 2013 (Table 1). Housing starts improved by 3.6%, up ...
As the economy and the housing market have slowly recovered in 2012, it will come as no surprise that pine timber prices in the US South are higher in 2012 than they were in 2011. They are still lower than 2010 prices, however. Why is ...
Forest2Market collects data about timber sales in the US South from timber sales agreements. As a result of the breadth and depth of this data, we can provide highly accurate and local timber prices. For buyers and sellers of timber, the ...
Forest2Market's composite lumber price increased by 1% in the month of October. The composite price at the start of the month was $293/MBF (Week 40), a 3% decline from the last week of September. Composite price increased in Week 41 to ...
With Thanksgiving and hunting season behind us, loggers are beginning to look forward to the winter logging season in the Lake States. The window for timber production has continued to shorten with evolving public perception and increasing regulations, making winter ...
From Forest2Market's Economic Outlook: Manufacturing continued to expand in October, with the PMI up 0.2 percentage points to 51.7 percent; this is the second straight increase after three months of minor contraction. Overall, Paper Products reported growth while Wood Products ...
