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Madison’s Lumber Prices Index Nov 29, 2024: US$504 mfbm
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Lumber Supply-Demand Balance Potentially Achieved
After a somewhat rush of demand in recent weeks, sales of most North America construction framing dimension softwood lumber items slowed slightly into mid-November. Due to ongoing restricted supply, prices continued their upward trend of the past month or so. Producers looked toward the usual seasonal Holiday downtime as they made their manufacturing plans to…
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Madison’s Lumber Prices Index Nov 22, 2024: US$505 mfbm
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US Housing Market and Lumber Prices Update: November 2024
Single-family starts in the US dropped in October likely as Hurricanes Helene and Milton depressed activity in the South. Meanwhile, permits rose slightly, indicating that an anticipated rebound probably would be muted by higher mortgage rates. The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending November 15, 2024 was US$495 mfbm. This is up +3%,…
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Lumber Prices Continue Rising on Tight Supply
In advance of the Remembrance Day holiday in Canada, this year a Monday so an actual long weekend, it seemed a form of supply-demand balance was reached for lumber. While benchmark Western S-P-F 2×4 prices continued to climb, Southern Yellow Pine 2x4s actually dropped. It is important to note that the run-up for SYP sales,…
