by FTMA News | Jan 21, 2019 | Stats & Facts
Is Steel Growing Its Share? New Report for FWPA A constant question in the forestry and wood products industries is to what extent steel house framing is growing its share of the Australian housing market. A new report, produced for FWPA, by Australian Construction...
by FTMA News | Nov 20, 2018 | Stats & Facts
House Prices are Falling – And the Size of Loans Prove It The total number of housing loans fell in September – but for the usually stable owner-occupier loans, the falls were quite steep. Over the year-ended September 2018, the total number of loans to...
by FTMA News | Sep 17, 2018 | Stats & Facts
Sawn Softwood Imports Continue To Grow As Average Price Rises Imports of sawn softwood rose to a new peak over the year-ended June 2018, totalling 747,645 m3, up a massive 32.7% on the prior year, despite strong rises in average import prices. In June itself, imports...
by FTMA News | Jul 17, 2018 | Stats & Facts
Strong result for domestic softwood but import rise all the more impressive Little more than six months on from the closure of the Morwell sawmill, domestic sales of sawn softwood are higher, and have recovered some ground, at least on an annualized basis. For the...
by FTMA News | Jun 19, 2018 | Stats & Facts
Victoria’s Lead Over New South Wales Continues To Grow Australia’s housing market continues to throw up its regular ‘remarkables’. Right now, one of the features most remarked upon is that dwelling approvals in Victoria have grown very quickly and in just a...
by FTMA News | Apr 24, 2018 | Stats & Facts
Forget The Hype House and Townhouse Approvals are Still Growing The headlines tell us that housing approvals are declining. We are reminded constantly that all booms must come to an end. And of course, we are invited every day to confuse high property prices...
