Tag: US home building

We hope you enjoy the very important timely information inside!This update is related to the fabulous Madison’s Lumber Directory, currently available with our good friends at Lumber Blue Book. Your trusted source for weekly softwood lumber prices and market updates, Madison’s Lumber Reporter, has launched something new: the monthly Madison’s Sawmill Curtailment Lookout. As a new product, we will be…

For the moment it seemed the North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber market found a supply-demand balance, as the benchmark price drops slightly but many others remain flat. In the week following Easter, which is a big-deal holiday in Canada, sawmills and wholesalers seemed to find good price levels which attracted back customers who…

To subscribe to the Madison’s Lumber Reporter weekly full softwood lumber and panel prices data update please fill out a form here: https://madisonsreport.com/subscribe/ North America softwood lumber production volumes and sawmill capacity utilization rates released by Western Wood Products Association show: January 2022 softwood lumber production in the US fell by -4.2% compared to the…

The U.S. Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development released April 26 new home sales and house price data. New home sales comprise 10% of real estate activity and are considered a leading housing market indicator as they are recorded when contracts are signed. After climbing to November, sales of new…

Check back with the Madison’s Lumber Reporter website often for the latest updates for the latest developments and updates with the North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber market. For the moment it seems the North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber market has found a supply-demand balance, as the benchmark price drops slightly but…