Imports of wood furniture to Switzerland stayed flat.

Residential permits fell 8.9% from the previous month, with the single-family component down 6.2%.

The seven-year facility will provide liquidity as the lumber producer plans to restore two-shift operations.

Six-colour offset press added in Indianapolis; upgrades planned in Chicago and Naperville.

Permits for new single-family houses were 10% higher and those for two-family houses 25% higher in the first seven months of 2026 than in the same period last year.

The projects could create more than 200 jobs and add annual demand for over 100 thousand tonnes of forest biomass.

Standing-sale log prices were unchanged for softwood logs and up 2% for birch, while pulpwood prices moved no more than 1%.

Single-family starts rose 7.6% from July.

Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper plans boiler and chemical-plant upgrades expected to raise daily kraft production by 11% and increase its use of forest biomass.

The new-construction starts lagged a year earlier by 30.5%.

The agreement covers prescribed fire, timber and fuels treatments, longleaf pine restoration, wildlife habitat and invasive species management across ownership boundaries.

The 30-year fixed rate increased from the previous week and remained above its year-earlier level.

Prices fell 1.2% from July but remained up 8.6% from a year earlier; Canada's broader factory-gate prices were up 13.5% year over year.

Prices were 19.7% higher than a year earlier after a 0.9% rise in July.

Price for particleboard and OSB exported from Belarus to Kazakhstan rose 1.9%.

The five-year agreement covers conservation, restoration and active forest management across the 64,000-square-mile watershed.