Sales of domestically produced sawn softwood continued their strength n November, pushing year-end sales to 3,112,044 m3, up a very strong 18.2% on the prior year. The increasing annual sal…

Although the rate of growth has slowed in recent months, the value of imported Builders’ Joinery rose 3.5% in the year-ended November 2016, reaching AUD463.742 million. Despite this, month…

The proportion of housing loans issued to investors has grown again, with investors receiving 49.6% of the value of all new loans in November 2016. Although it’s a subject of debate, the data s…

ABARES, Australia’s plantation log supply 2015–2059 report has just been released and the national plantation log harvest in 2014–15 was around 23.3 million cubic metres, which was 25.2 pe…

Australia’s residential dwelling approvals continued their gradual trend decline in November, as 4+ storey apartment approvals continue to fall. In the year-ended November 2016, total a…

Amidst the noise, hype, trepidation and even fear that has surrounded the ascendancy of Donald Trump to the office of the 45th Presidency of the United States, there have also been retrospect…

The softwood sector continues to astound, pumping out sawnwood sales records on a continual basis over the last year. There are those who consider production, or at least the supply-chain su…