Across the globe, benchmark log prices continue to travel in different trajectories, driven by varied local conditions. Among the Baltic region sawlog prices, the average price of Pine saw…

Australia’s softwood log exports hit yet another new record in the year-ended January 2017. Exports totaled 3,619,100 m3, almost 22% higher than for the year-ended January 2016. Despite ex…

At some point in the next few months, H2F, the treated and seasoned sawn structural softwood will stand alone as the dominant timber product in the Australian market. Already accounting for a…

Sales of Australia’s sawn softwood supplies recorded their sixteenth successive month of year-end growth in January 2017, with sales totalling 3,134,445 m3. January was also the sixth suc…

Adding further fuel to the national economic fire that is housing and housing related expenditure, Australians have upped their purchase of furniture and floor coverings by 4.1% over the ye…

Australia’s established suburbs are alive with building work, as existing home owners continue to grow their loans. For the year-ended December 2016, the value of construction work comple…

In Australia’s cities, the escalation in housing prices continues to be a source of concern for policy makers. The challenges are interconnected. At some stage the RBA will start increasing…

Australia’s economic growth returned to growth in the December Quarter, according to the latest data. Following the -0.5% contraction of the Australian economy in the September Quarter, m…