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.
Canfor Provides Update After Recent BC Sawmill Closures
Canfor said it remains committed to exploring opportunities to divest some of its northern BC tenure to support other BC manufacturers who are facing similar challenges.
Lower Mortgage Rates and Increasing Inventory Give Would Be Home Buyers a Window of Opportunity
Lower mortgage rates and rising inventory are giving home buyers a window of opportunity at an unusual time of year, Zillow reported.
University of Michigan Reports Preliminary Results of Its Consumer Sentiment Index for September
The Index of Consumer Sentiment rose to a reading of 69.0 in September, up from 67.9 in August. This is a month-over-month increase of 1.6% and up 1.8% year-over-year.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
