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The average square footage of a completed new single-family home in the U.S. continues to increase. This has potential implications for regional lumber production and timber prices as this increase translates into higher levels of wood demand. According to the more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter when updating our Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) forecast models, we revisit prior projections and review more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter, we look back and evaluate the performance of previous forecasts and earlier models. How did more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2016 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter when updating our Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) forecast models, we revisit prior projections and review more…
This post summarizes Forisk research from 2015 assessing pulpwood markets and the relative competitiveness of the pulp and paper sector in the U.S. South. Phone rings. Timberland investor asks, “Hey, is the pulp sector in the U.S. South at risk?” more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Localizing the capacity of softwood sawmills to consume wood translates into robust estimates of regional and national capacity. more…
This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the North America. In British Columbia, the law refers to logs as “unmanufactured timber.” The phrase speaks to untapped value more…
This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Through Q3 2015, all five public timber REITs traded at prices below where they started the year more…
This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q4 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter when updating our Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) forecast models, we revisit prior projections and review applied more…
Timberland investors depend on the demand for wood from forest industry manufacturers. No wood demand = no cash flow. Fortunately, for these investors, topline wood demand in the U.S., while slow and stuttered, continues to grow. Analysis in the Q3 more…