Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • More Softwood Lumber Trade Discussions

    Last week in your softwood lumber Reporter, Madison’s printed an excerpt from the Globe and Mail: “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that the White House talks between US President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau next week will also result in steps…

  • Canada State of the Forests 2015

    For a quarter century the Government of Canada has been using The State of Canada’s Forests report to chronicle Canada’s progress toward sustainable forest management. Canada State of the Forest 2015 Report Canada Forest Cover Canada has 348 million hectares of forest land. This represents 9 per cent of the world’s forests and 24 per…

  • Price-to-Rent Ratio, US: Year-over-Year 2015

    The Case-Shiller National House Price Index increased 5.4 per cent year-over-year in December said the agency Tuesday. The year-over-year increase in prices is mostly moving sideways now around 5 per cent. In December 2015, the index was up 5.4 per cent. It has been almost ten years since the bubble peak. In the Case-Shiller release,…

  • 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…