Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Conifex Elects…

    Conifex Timber has appointed Tom Reed to its Board of Directors, the company said in a press release Monday. In 2015, Mr. Reed was Vice President of Resources in Plum Creek Timber Inc.’s Atlantic South region and oversaw sustainable forest management in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina. Reed currently serves as…

  • US Housing Starts Index, Home Sales: January 2016

    US home building data for January showed declines for new home sales and housing construction said the National Association of Home Builders Wednesday. Builder confidence also declined but remains in positive territory. NAHB’s forecast is for continued, modest growth for single-family construction and a slowing of the growth rate for multifamily development in 2016. The…

  • Home Price Index, US: December 2015

    The Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices Thursday, slowed to a 9.8 per cent seasonally adjusted annual growth rate in December, from 10.4 per cent in November. The Home Price Index from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.5 per cent in…

  • Canadian Sawmill Exports, Sawmill Manufacturing Sales Full-Year 2015

    New forest industry data out today from Statistics Canada and Industry Canada: Canada’s Total Exports for Sawmills (except Shingle and Shake Mills) To All Countries full year 2015, were up 3.5 per cent to $9,142 million, from $8,836 million the year earlier, said Statistics Canada today (Feb 24, 2016). Canadian Sawmill exports to US were…

  • Canadian Sawmill Exports, Sawmill Manufacturing Sales Full-Year 2015

    New forest industry data out today from Statistics Canada and Industry Canada: Canada’s Total Exports for Sawmills (except Shingle and Shake Mills) To All Countries full year 2015, were up 3.5 per cent to $9,142 million, from $8,836 million the year earlier, said Statistics Canada today (Feb 24, 2016). Canadian Sawmill exports to US were…