Despite a deep downturn in the France’s wider construction market the turnover of the timber building sector increased in 2024, albeit marginally. That is according to the latest biennial report on the industry from Codifab, the French Professional Committee for the Development of the French Furniture and Timber Industries. Moreover, the country’s timber builders are expecting market improvement through 2025 and beyond. France is reported to need to build 400,000 new homes to meet the country’s housing requirements. But last year according to online construction news platform Batinfo.com, just 59,014 were built and ...