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Forisk Forecast: US Housing Starts Outlook, Q2 2016 Update

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics, Stumpage Forecasting

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…

Tags Housing

Forisk Forecast: US Housing Starts Outlook, Q1 2016 Update

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forisk, Stumpage Forecasting

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…

Tags Housing

Forisk Forecast: US Housing Starts Outlook, Q4 2015 Update

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Stumpage Forecasting

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…

Tags Housing

How Do Housing Markets Affect Timber Supplies in Local Markets?

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Stumpage Forecasting, Timber Market Analysis, Wood Demand & Procurement

This post includes an excerpt from a feature article in the Q3 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) written by Amanda Lang, Brooks Mendell, and Bob Abt.   In this article, we explore the relationship between two housing start scenarios and timber more…

Tags Housing, sustainability

Forisk Forecast: US Housing Starts Outlook, Q3 2015 Update

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forisk, Stumpage Forecasting

This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Each quarter when updating our Forisk Research Quarterly forecast models, we revisit prior projections and review applied more…

Tags Housing

Forisk Forecast Scorecard: 2015 Projections versus Q1 Year-to-Date Actuals

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Forest Finance & Economics, Stumpage Forecasting

This is the third in a series related to Forisk’s Q2 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. Before studying trends and projecting forward, we look back and evaluate the performance of previous forecasts and more…

Tags Housing, wood demand

Forisk Forecast: 2015 US Housing Starts Outlook

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Brooks Mendell | comments (2) in Forest Finance & Economics, Stumpage Forecasting

This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s Q1 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States. In forecasting timber prices and wood costs, we work to (1) identify and understand relationships in historical more…

Tags Housing

Forisk Forecast: Updated 2014 US Housing Starts Outlook

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Brooks Mendell | no comments in Stumpage Forecasting

This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s 2014 mid-year forecast of timber prices in the United States. “Nothing to be done,” wrote playwright Samuel Beckett for the opening of Waiting for Godot.  Indeed, that line captures our more…

Tags Housing

Forisk Forecast: 2013 Mid-Year US Housing Starts Outlook

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Brooks Mendell | comment (1) in Stumpage Forecasting

This is the first in a series related to Forisk’s 2013 mid-year forecast of softwood stumpage prices in the United States. The study and development of forecasting techniques over the past 50 years has generated few consensus findings.  However, exceptions more…

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Forisk Forecast: US Housing Starts Outlook

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Brooks Mendell | comment (1) in Forisk, Stumpage Forecasting

This is the second in a series related to Forisk’s 2013 forecast of softwood stumpage prices in the United States. Herman Chapman, in his 1935 book Forest Finance, wrote: Forestry is an empirical art and not a mathematical science.  The more…

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