What we publish
FEA markets our knowledge and data through analytical products that cover the forest product industry. These include Monthly Advisors and newsletters for near-term analysis, the Quarterly Forecasting Service for a longer-term outlook and an extensive historical database, as well as the industry's only comprehensive, up-to-date, mill-level capacity reports, categorized by sector.Wood Markets News
What’s got our attention.
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Increases for Fifth Consecutive Month in October
The total number of loans in forbearance as of October 31st increased to 0.47% of servicers’ portfolio volume, up from 0.34% in September, MBA reported.
Weyerhaeuser to Invest $500 Million to Build New TimberStrand Facility in Arkansas
Weyerhaeuser plans to invest approximately $500 million to build a new, state-of-the-art TimberStrand® facility near Monticello and Warren, Arkansas.
US Housing Starts, Building Permits, and Completions Decline in October
Privately‐owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,311,000. This is 3.1% below the revised September estimate of 1,353,000.Spotlights
Spotlights take a deep dive into topics important to our subscribers.
A Home Design Catalog Takes Aim at a National Housing Shortage
In an effort to speed up much-needed homebuilding, Canada aims to bring back a tool that was last used in the post-war housing crisis.
Canada’s Caribou Conservation Goals and Woodland Management
One of the world’s biggest softwood lumber producing countries is in the midst of a major conservation effort that could place some Canadian fiber off limits to harvesters. Canada is taking steps to preserve boreal caribou habitat through provincial conservation plans.
US Demographics and House Inventories Fuel Home Size Trend
When the pandemic enabled many city dwellers to work remotely in 2020, many people bought new homes in more affordable and sprawling neighborhoods. By 2021, the average size of a newly constructed single-family house in the US expanded, bucking the downtrend in place since dropping from the record-high in 2015.Conferences
