REQUEST A SAMPLE: https://madisonsreport.com/products/lumber-price-dashboard/ Deep dive into softwood latest us housing starts data and lumber prices, market update for the middle of september 2025.

Total US Housing Starts year-to-date almost flat compared to 2024. Since 1952 Madison’s Lumber Reporter has established itself as the most reliable source for North American lumber prices and industry news. By providing a true 360º perspective on all aspects of wood products’ manufacturing, Madison’s makes you better equipped to anticipate other market conditions, like…

The historical seasonal cycle of lumber price increases and drops has returned, after the time of great volatility and many changes in 2020 to 2022. For the past two years, the annual price highs and lows are similar to how they were in 2019 and prior. This gives operators a better understanding of market conditions,…

One of the most interesting things to watch with the North American softwood lumber market is the dynamic between the prices of the main construction framing commodities: 2×4 #2&Btr. Wood products of this grading standard come in a variety of species, the main ones of which are Western and Eastern Spruce-Pine-Fir and Southern Yellow Pine.…

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It is usual in the final weeks of August for lumber sales, thus prices, to drop, as the annual seasonal slow-down arrives. Both construction activity and sawmilling normally take some down-time when hot temperatures arrive across North America. This year is no different; as the continent-wide Labour Day long weekend loomed many folks were already…

Prices of several Canadian wood products had risen in recent weeks to take into account the big jump in softwood lumber duties. That price increase was only at about 12% (compared to July), a small portion of the new 35% duty. In comparison, prices of the southern species remained quite flat, which is normal for…

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The province’s new timber allocation rules set to replace historic supply agreements with auction sales, raising concern across the forestry sector The Government of Quebec’s proposed overhaul of its forestry regime, Bill 97, is now at the centre of one of the province’s most heated debates. Since being tabled in April 2025, the legislation has…

As Canadian operators were off for the August long weekend holiday, sales of lumber across North America remained muted. Customers in the US south had pre-ordered wood from the north and west to arrive before the full force of softwood lumber duty came into effect this month. Demand flowed mostly to reloads and wholesalers, with…