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Spot Lumber Prices … a New Low?
An interesting question among North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber wholesalers and traders Friday: “Spot #lumber prices lowest in how many years?” –– veteran softwood lumber trader It might be a difficult time right now for producers and sellers of Canadian and US softwood lumber, but it’s nothing compared to 2009 and certainly not…
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US Pending Home Sales: April 2019
The US Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), reported by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a forward-looking indicator based on signed contracts. The PHSI fell -1.5% from 105.9 in March to 104.3 in April, and was still -2% below the level of one year ago, marking the sixteenth straight month of declines on an annualized basis.…
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North America Softwood Lumber Production, Sawmill Capacity Utilization, WWPA: February 2019
The latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association’s monthly Lumber Track, for January-February 2019, shows a +2.1% increase in US softwood lumber production volume, to 5,780 mmfbm, compared to 5,659 million board feet (mmfbm) for the first two months of last year. There was a +3.3% increase for full-year 2018. January – February softwood…
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US Construction Materials Prices: March 2019
Prices paid for goods used in US residential construction increased +1.5% in March according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Thursday. Prices have risen more quickly thus far in 2019 than they did during the same period in 2018 and are at their highest level since last…
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Georgia Pacific Builds $150-million US Sawmill
US paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific LLC is investing US$150 million to open a new sawmill in Albany, GA, as the firm expands its production of softwood lumber, a company press release announced Tuesday. Georgia-Pacific to Build $150-million Sawmill Paper and building products manufacturer Georgia-Pacific LLC is investing US$150 million to open a new mill in Albany, GA…
