Useful Links

This section is updated periodically. Last update: August 6, 2010

Know of a link that should be included on this page? Contact Editor Shawn Church by e-mail at shawn@rlpi.com.

Statistical Information

U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits; New-Home Sales; Spending on Residential Improvements

U.S. Mortgage Rates (Weekly Survey by Freddie Mac)

Manufactured Housing Shipments (Click on Industry Data.)

Existing-Home Sales (Click on Existing Home Sales.)

Applications for Mortgages (Look under News Room.)

CME Lumber Futures Ticker (updated every 10 minutes)

U.S. Forest Fire Information

Canadian Forest Fire Information

Weekly Update of On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices

Product and Other Information from Manufacturers' Associations

American Hardboard Association

American Institute of Timber Construction (glued laminated beams)

American Wood Preservers' Association

APA - The Engineered Wood Association

APA's Wood University

Association of Consulting Foresters of America

Blue Book Services

California Redwood Association

Canadian Lumbermen's Association

Canadian Plywood Association

Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau

Coast Forest & Lumber Association (Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island)

Composite Panel Association (particleboard & MDF)

Council of Forest Industries

Interior Lumber Manufacturers' Association (Southern Interior of British Columbia)

Maritime Lumber Bureau

MSR Lumber Producers Council

North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA)

Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association

Northern Forest Products Association (Northern Interior of British Columbia)

PFS Corp.

Quebec Forest Industry Council

Softwood Export Council

Structural Board Association

Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association

Southern Forest Products Association

Structural Insulated Panel Association

TECO

West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau

Western Red Cedar Lumber Association

Western Wood Products Association

Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association

Wood Truss Council of America