In US Dollar terms, European log prices have fallen over much of the last year. The declines seem to reflect the strength of the US Dollar more than fundamentals in log markets and domestic econ…

Despite New Zealand’s total log extractions remaining largely consistent with prior quarters, in the 2015 September Quarter, log exports declined to their lowest level since the Septembe…

Continuing strong growth, log exports reached a new record for the year-ended November 2015, topping the 3 million cubic metre mark for the first time. Exports totalled 3,086,233 m3 over the…

Although edging sideways for most of the last few months, the large and seemingly sustained depreciation of the Australian Dollar in 2014 and 2015 is commencing to impact upon Australia’s pa…

Imports of sawn softwood totalled 713,891 m3 in the year-ended November 2015, a rise of 16.9% compared with the prior year. The total annual import volume was 3.1% below the peak reached in Jul…

Sales of locally produced sawn softwood declined 4.0% for the year-ended November 2015, declining to 2,633,103 m3. The sales volume declined 110,732 m3, with very different sales experien…

In November 2015, first home-buyers accounted for 12.1% of the total value of the nation’s housing finance, up 0.2% on the prior month. At the other end of the finance spectrum, investors acco…

Australia’s monthly housing data appears to indicate the longest new dwelling boom in history has ended, while still recording record annual approvals, driven almost exclusively by the co…