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Lumber Market Update: April End 2024 [video]
Gain deep understanding of the market dynamics between the three main 2×4 construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices produced and sold across North America: WSPF, ESPF, and SYP East Side. Check back with the Madison’s website www.madisonsreport.com often for the latest developments and updates. In the week ending April 26, 2024, the price of Western…
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Low Sales Volumes Bring Drop in Lumber Prices
In yet another departure to what would historically be considered “normal” seasonal trend cycle, lumber prices dropped — by quite a bit — in the middle of April 2024. Producers especially had done what they could to keep prices up, specifically by keeping manufacturing volumes lower in the face of this ongoing soft demand. However,…
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Madison’s Lumber Prices Index April 26, 2024: US$433 mfbm
The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending april 26, 2024 is: US$433 mfbm The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending April 26, 2024 is: US$433 mfbmThis is down by -2.5%, or -$11, from the previous week when it was US$444. For information regarding the construction of this Index (species mix, weighed…
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US Housing Market and Lumber Prices Update: April 2024
The decrease in US housing starts for March marks the biggest drop in total starts since the beginning of the pandemic in April 2020. However, revisions to the two prior months added roughly 29,000 units to the previously reported tallies. Madison’s Lumber Prices Index April & US Housing Starts March: 2024 The Madison’s Lumber Prices…
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Stagnant Lumber Market Keeps Prices Flat
As mid-April arrived it seemed like the recent practice of customers holding off buying volumes of wood, making purchases for immediate needs only, was becoming an entrenched habit. Historically at this time of year the seasonal stocking up of lumber inventory would be well underway. However, given the late end to winter and recent harsh…
