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Madison’s Sawmill Curtailment Lookout: April 2023
Madison’s Sawmill Lookout is our brand new monthly digital publication, tracking sawmill curtailment news for you! With Madison’s Sawmill Lookout, you will save time and money by getting the latest information on production volume changes at US and Canadian sawmills straight into your inbox. Each month, be the first to find out about curtailments, downtime,…
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Lumber Prices and US Housing Market: April 2023
view the latest video by Madison’s Lumber Reporter about US housing and new home sales update for March 2023 Check back with the Madison’s website www.madisonsreport.com often for the latest developments and updates. Total housing starts in the US for March 2023 were almost flat after a big surge the previous month, at 1.420 million…
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Lumber Prices Tick Up Slightly Even as Demand Remains Low
At this time of year, the historical trend would normally be for lumber prices to be rising. Usually by mid-April the building activity for housing is ramping up, and sales volumes of construction framing lumber are approaching their high for the year. This year, however, is proving to be quite the exception. The biggest reason…
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Lumber Prices Flatten as Demand Remains Weak
Ongoing harsh winter weather and ample supply of lumber inventories in the field served to keep prices stable. It seemed that only the sawmill downtime and curtailment announcements of recent weeks — and months — kept lumber prices from falling lower. The balancing act of keeping manufacturing volumes in line with demand was made even…
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US Housing Market January and Softwood Lumber Prices February: 2023
US housing starts and new home sales data has been released for January 2023, with the latest numbers showing an ongoing momentum of activity. In 2022 the US began building 1.55 million homes, just a -3% drop from full-year 2021. Single-family starts in 2022 totalled 1.01 million, down -10.6% from the previous year. Total housing…
