Author: kkosman

  • US New Home Sales, House Prices March and Softwood Lumber Prices April: 2021

    Sales of new single-family houses in the US for March 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.021 million, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is up +21% from the revised March 2021 rate of 846,000 and up an astonishing…

  • Madison’s Full Softwood Lumber Prices List: Sample

    Softwood Lumber Prices Sample: Nov – Dec 2020 Or to view file as a .pdf, click here: https://madisonsreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MadisonsFullPriceListSample-copy.pdf Attached is a 4-week sample of the full list of 440 individual softwood lumber and panel commodity wholesaler prices (net FOB sawmill) updated every Friday morning. These prices updates are available weekly to Madison’s subscribers. To view the historical…

  • Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices Snapshot: Year-End 2020

    Unseasonably strong softwood lumber demand persisted this week as prices on virtually every commodity advanced again. Madison’s Lumber Reporter would like to wish all our wonderful subscribers and contacts a very safe and Happy Holiday Season, we will be back in January with the latest updates! #sawmill #softwood #lumber #ushousing #housing #building #construction #wood

  • US Housing Starts & Softwood Lumber Prices: November and December 2020

    US Housing Total Starts November 2020 & Benchmark Softwood Lumber Prices December 2020 At a completely unusual time of year, US housing starts for November 2020 increased — for the third straight month even. Residential starts rose +1.2% to a 1.55 million annualized rate from a downwardly revised 1.528 million a month earlier. Single-family starts,…

  • Historically High Plywood Prices Comparison: Graph

    Canadian Softwood Plywood 9.5mm (3/8″) TORONTO Prices: 1999 compared to 2003 and 2020 Food for thought …. the historical high Plywood prices of 1999 were briefly eclipsed in 2003 due to rebuilding after the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in the US. Year-end 2020 Plywood prices have surpassed even the boggling highs of 2003. Will upward…