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In the week ending February 10, 2023, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$476 mfbm, which is up by +$16 or +3%, from the previous week when it was US$360 mfbm, said weekly forest products industry price... by ssbhayani | Feb 18, 2023 | #madisonReporter, #ushousing, ADN.TO, building, canada export, CFF.TO, export development Canada, HomeBuilding, IFP.TO, Industry News, Lumber News, Lumber Pricing Trends, lumber trade, madisons lumber reporter, NYSE: DHI, NYSE: HOV, NYSE: KBH, NYSE: LEN, NYSE: PHM, NYSE: RFP, NYSE: TOL, NYSE: WY, OSB.TO, RealEstate, SJ.TO, softwood lumber, Softwood Lumber Prices, trade, trade deal, trade forecast, TSE: IFP, TSE: WEF, TSE: WFT, TSE:ADN, TSE:CFF, TSE:OSB, TSE:SJ, US home building, us home construction, US home sales, us house inventory, US house prices, us housing, US housing starts, WEF.TO, WFT.TO
Since October 2022, quite a few sawmill operators have taken downtime and curtailments. This is normal for the time of year, as usually lumber demand slows in winter and regular maintenance needs to take place, as well as employee vacation time. Over the past few... by ssbhayani | Feb 18, 2023 | #madisonReporter, #ushousing, ADN.TO, building, canada export, CFF.TO, export development Canada, HomeBuilding, IFP.TO, Industry News, Lumber Pricing Trends, lumber trade, madisons lumber reporter, NYSE: DHI, NYSE: HOV, NYSE: KBH, NYSE: LEN, NYSE: PHM, NYSE: RFP, NYSE: TOL, NYSE: WY, OSB.TO, RealEstate, SJ.TO, softwood lumber, Softwood Lumber Prices, trade, trade deal, trade forecast, TSE: IFP, TSE: WEF, TSE: WFT, TSE:ADN, TSE:CFF, TSE:OSB, TSE:SJ, Uncategorized, US home building, us home construction, US home sales, us house inventory, US house prices, us housing, US housing starts, WEF.TO, WFT.TO
The sawmill curtailments of recent months, especially those ongoing in the western part of North America, served to bring lumber prices up slightly. At this point, levels are still somewhat below cost-of-production in the important supply basket of British Columbia —... by ssbhayani | Feb 18, 2023 | #madisonReporter, #ushousing, ADN.TO, building, canada export, CFF.TO, export development Canada, HomeBuilding, IFP.TO, Industry News, Lumber News, Lumber Pricing Trends, lumber trade, madisons lumber reporter, NYSE: DHI, NYSE: HOV, NYSE: KBH, NYSE: LEN, NYSE: PHM, NYSE: RFP, NYSE: TOL, NYSE: WY, OSB.TO, RealEstate, SJ.TO, softwood lumber, Softwood Lumber Prices, trade, trade deal, trade forecast, TSE: IFP, TSE: WEF, TSE: WFT, TSE:ADN, TSE:CFF, TSE:OSB, TSE:SJ, US home building, us home construction, US home sales, us house inventory, US house prices, us housing, US housing starts, Weekly Softwood Lumber Blog, WEF.TO, WFT.TO
Full-year 2022 US housing starts and new home sales data has been released and while the dampening effects of rising mortgage rates remain, the numbers for December show a slight uptick. In 2022 the US began building 1.55 million homes, just a -3% drop from full-year... by ssbhayani | Feb 18, 2023 | #madisonReporter, #ushousing, ADN.TO, building, canada export, CFF.TO, export development Canada, HomeBuilding, IFP.TO, Industry News, Lumber News, Lumber Pricing Trends, lumber trade, madisons lumber reporter, NYSE: DHI, NYSE: HOV, NYSE: KBH, NYSE: LEN, NYSE: PHM, NYSE: RFP, NYSE: TOL, NYSE: WY, OSB.TO, RealEstate, SJ.TO, softwood lumber, Softwood Lumber Prices, trade, trade deal, trade forecast, TSE: IFP, TSE: WEF, TSE: WFT, TSE:ADN, TSE:CFF, TSE:OSB, TSE:SJ, US home building, us home construction, US home sales, us house inventory, US house prices, us housing, US housing starts, Weekly Softwood Lumber Blog, WEF.TO, WFT.TO
January 2023 is well under way, and with it the usual seasonal large-volume buying by the big US home builders has begun. Because they want the wood needed for their projects on the ground before spring building activity, customers make their orders now to accommodate... by ssbhayani | Feb 18, 2023 | #madisonReporter, #ushousing, ADN.TO, building, canada export, CFF.TO, export development Canada, HomeBuilding, IFP.TO, Industry News, Lumber News, Lumber Pricing Trends, lumber trade, madisons lumber reporter, NYSE: DHI, NYSE: HOV, NYSE: KBH, NYSE: LEN, NYSE: PHM, NYSE: RFP, NYSE: TOL, NYSE: WY, OSB.TO, RealEstate, SJ.TO, softwood lumber, Softwood Lumber Prices, trade, trade deal, trade forecast, TSE: IFP, TSE: WEF, TSE: WFT, TSE:ADN, TSE:CFF, TSE:OSB, TSE:SJ, US home building, us home construction, US home sales, us house inventory, US house prices, us housing, US housing starts, Weekly Softwood Lumber Blog, WEF.TO, WFT.TO
As January 2023 got going, while hardly a big rush, there was an increase in sales — and therefore prices — of several specialty lumber items. Even benchmark WSPF 2x4s popped up a little bit, although more due to significant supply being taken offline than growing...