Watch this interview with Fastmarkets' in-house expert, Jennifer Coskren, director of wood products and timber, to learn more about the state of the US housing market and a look ahead to 2025.

Read about the fluctuations in Canadian housing starts, the factors influencing the market and their implications for real estate in Canada.

In late September, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced a cut in the existing mortgage rate by an average of 50 basis points.

The annual rate of housing starts was slightly down from the previous quarter but up from the same period last year, with urban single-detached starts decreasing and other urban starts slightly increasing.

Are fluctuating raw material costs worsening the US housing affordability crisis? Urgent action is needed to preserve homebuying opportunities, as explored by the Fastmarkets team

The ongoing Federal Reserve rate stagnation is having a ripple effect across the wood products market and the broader economy, affecting everything from homebuying to the lumber industry

Explore the dynamic shifts in the US lumber export market and discover how global trends are influencing trade flows

Softwood lumber traders worldwide begin 2024 with a glimmer of hope that a post-pandemic new normal might finally emerge after several years of upheaval. Plateauing interest rates and encouraging signs in the U.S. housing market in late 2023 provided a reason for guarded optimism in North America. U.S. and Canadian exports to China increased last […]

Another year is behind us, with no shortage of discussion topics when reflecting on the US residential construction and wood products markets in 2023. In many ways, the year played out how our team expected as we laid out in last year’s “Predictions” piece. Here is how our predictions played out throughout 2023: Want to […]

Multifamily housing starts show some sign of life in late 2023, but the overall picture shows a different trend when compared to single-family