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Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • US Housing Starts AUGUST & Softwood Lumber Prices SEPTEMBER: 2021

    After falling by -7% in July, US total housing starts for August 2021 increased by +4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.615 million. For August 2021, total residential starts in the US shot up by +12.3% from the same month one year ago, when it was 1.416 million. Improving further over gains throughout…

  • Railcar Loadings, Lumber Production, and Sawmill Capacity Rates (video)

    North America softwood lumber production volumes and sawmill capacity utilization rates released by Western Wood Products Association (www.wwpa.org) show: US lumber production for Jan – May 2021 up +5.9% compared to the first five months of 2020. Canada lumber production for up +15.3% compared to one year ago. British Columbia lumber production up +24% in…

  • US New Home Sales, Prices April and Lumber Prices May: 2021 (video)

    Sales of new single-family houses in the US for April 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 863,000. This is down -6% from the revised March 2021 rate of 917,000 and again up an amazing +48% compared to the April 2020 rate, which was at a revised rate of 582,000. SUBSCRIBE to the…

  • 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…