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Madison’s Softwood Lumber Prices July 8: Sneak Preview
Here is a SNEAK PEAK at tomorrow’s print for North American construction framing softwood lumber and panel prices: After dropping a total of -52.5% from the all-time record high of US$1,600 mfbm — which had held for several weeks — this week the wholesaler price of benchmark construction framing dimension softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir…
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MADISON’S SOFTWOOD LUMBER MARKET WEEKLY COMMENT:
Key comment: “Douglas-fir and sheet goods’ prices continued to hold on comparatively while the rest of the market cratered further.” Prices reflect week of June 17, 2021 (CLICK TABLE TO ENLARGE)
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US New Home Sales, House Prices May and Softwood Lumber Prices June: 2021
Benchmark Softwood Lumber Prices June & US NEW Home Sales May 2021 U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development data released this week of new house prices shows new homes for sale are experiencing the same supply squeeze as lumber has been. The median sales price of a new home in…
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Leading Information Providers To Offer Comprehensive Sawmill Directory
Madison’s Lumber Reporter and Blue Book Services have entered an agreement to combine Madison’s Online Lumber Directory data with the Lumber Blue Book online listings, forming the sawmill industry’s most comprehensive information database of lumber companies in the USA and Canada. The combined dataset will contain over 23,000 headquarter listings and over 8,000 branch listings,…
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Lumber Prices Drop as Supply Improves
The latest data from the Western Wood Products Association shows that Canadian and US softwood lumber production and sawmill capacity utilization rates improved in March. Finally! Lumber prices have been so strong in the past year in part because the huge — and sudden — increase in demand was met by supply levels struggling to…
