Category: Lumber News

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 Feb 2021 rate of 846,000 and up an astonishing…

In the week ending April 23, 2021, the wholesaler price of Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr was US$1,330 mfbm.

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…

This week Madison’s was interviewed by a woodworking YouTube channel about lumber prices and what is going on in the market: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5-vauitPSwmPsiGhiXlSrw “WHY are lumber prices just out of control? “Construction wood prices just keep going up. I asked an industry expert to explain, here is what she had to say. Keta Kosman, Editor Madison’s…

April 9, 2021 — Shock and disbelief resonated throughout the North American forest products industry as solid wood construction framing building material prices surpassed expectations and just kept going up. It is a frustrating situation for sawmills as supply remains well below extremely hot, indeed unabated, demand. If anything, it looks like the home building…