Tag: RealEstate

  • Lumber Prices Drop Again Even as Customers Step in to Buy

    July 23, 2021 — The latest construction framing dimension softwood lumber and panel price movement downward has been enough to motivate previously reluctant customers to start making purchases again. Other circumstances, like wildfires and extreme heat in the usual timber supply areas, are adding uncertainty to how the rest of 2021 summer is going to…

  • Lumber Purchases Improve as Prices Drop Further

    July 16, 2021 — Softwood lumber prices in mid-July 2021 touched exactly where they were one year ago, except last year they were moving up and this year they were moving down: Following a brief lull at a level US$760 mfbm for two weeks, in the week ending July 16, 2021 the wholesaler price of…

  • Madison’s Weekly Softwood Lumber Prices: July 16, 2021

    MADISON’S SOFTWOOD LUMBER MARKET WEEKLY COMMENT: Key comment: “The market continued to search for a tradable bottom as most buyers held off for another week.”  https://madisonsreport.com Prices reflect week of July 16, 2021 (CLICK TABLE TO ENLARGE)

  • Plywood and OSB Prices: July 2021 (video)

    Is the construction home building wood panel (Oriented Strand Board (OSB) and Plywood) supply-demand balance reaching equilibrium? We will only know in the coming weeks … check back often. Compared to the price one-month-ago, when it was C$1,539 msf, for the week ending July 16, 2021, the price of Canadian Softwood Plywood Toronto 9.5mm was…

  • Softwood Lumber Market and Prices Update: July 2021 (video)

    Is the softwood lumber supply-demand balance reaching equilibrium? We will only know in the coming weeks … check back often: SUBSCRIBE TO MADISON’S: https://madisonsreport.com/subscribe/ Compared to the price one-year-ago, when it was US$554 mfbm, for the week ending July 16, 2021, the price of Western S-P-F KD 2×4 was up by +$1. Madison’s Products: https://madisonsreport.com/products/