Local sales of sawn softwood products declined 2.3% or 73,531 m3, in the year-ended February 2018, while over the same period, sawn softwood imports rose 12.6% or 72,555 m3. The almost exact v…

Compared with 2014, in 2016, average global sawmills experienced improving lumber markets, but were unable to turn that to significant financial upside until Q2 2017 (on an EBITDA basis). T…

Back in November 2017, FWPA analysed the market for structural framing timbers. That analysis pointed to a likely– but at that time not conclusive – expectation that supply would improve as p…

After rising to near decade-long highs in late 2017, loans to first home buyers slipped back to 10.6% of total loan value in February 2018. Although still valued at approximately AUD2.878 bil…

Defying predictions of significant falls, Australia’s total dwelling approvals were down just 2.7% for the year-ended February, totaling 222,721 separate dwelling approvals. Despite t…

There are few people who could rationally think that a trade war could be good for business, but the headlong rush into a potential battle between the world’s two largest economies seems almos…

Australia hovers on the brink of its first official interest rate rise in seven years if commentator consensus is anything to go by. Despite the RBA leaving interest rates at their historic lo…