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Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/05

    June 5, 2015: #LUMBER PRICES 06/05: WSPF KD 2×4 #2&Btr US$280 mfbm (+$18); WSPF KD PET 2×4 Studs $280 (+$15); Doug Fir green #2&Btr 2×4 $310 (+$5); OSB ON 7/16″ C$240 msf (+$5) (net FOB mill) North America Construction Framing Dimension Lumber Wholesale Price: 06/05

  • Madison’s Interactive Web Price Graphing Tool : Beta Testing

    Take this limited-time opportunity to be a beta-tester! Madison’s Interactive Web Price Graphing Tool is almost finished development stage and will soon begin pre-publication sale. To access simply visit: http://mlrdemo.gobi.ca Username: portland Password: Pine2014

  • US Built-for-Rent Starts: 1Q 2015

    US single-family homes built-for-rent declined to approximately 2,000 starts for 1Q 2015, compared to about 4,000 at the start of 2014. The share and count of built-for-rent starts are off post-recession highs and will approach historical norms as the housing market continues to expand. However, given the relatively small size of this market, care must…

  • US Pending & Existing Home Sales: April 2015

    The NAR Pending Home Sales Index increased for the fourth straight month in April to a level 14 per cent above April of 2014. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator based on signed contracts produced by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), increased 3.4 per cent in April to 112.4, up from…

  • Japan Domestic Lumber Prices Dropping

    Domestic log cutting sawmills in Japan have suffered low lumber prices for more than a year, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. “Some sawmills are trying to cash in their lumber inventories even with lower log prices which continue dropping,” said the Reports. “Some regions in Japan are reviving sawmills after log prices plunged since…