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US Housing Starts November & Softwood Lumber Prices December: 2023

Housing starts exploded higher in November 2023, surging by nearly +15% to a 1.56 million unit annualized pace, the best reading since May and second-best in a year and a half. The new housing market remains underpinned by an acute shortage of previously owned homes...

Year-End 2023 Lumber Prices Match 2022 Levels

In the final weeks of this year, the full trendline for 2023 shows some real stability for North America construction framing softwood lumber prices. Especially in comparison to the previous couple of years. Indeed, the weekly price of both benchmark Western S-P-F and...

Madison’s Lumber Prices Index December 15, 2023: US$446 mfbm

The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending december 15, 2023 is: US$446 mfbm The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending December 15, 2023 is: US$446 mfbmThis is up by +0.5%, or +$2, from the previous week when it was US$444. For information...

Annual Year-End Slowdown Keeps Lumber Prices Flat

It is normal toward the end of the year, as construction activity really slows down for winter, that lumber sales and lumber prices also flatten out. After three years of incredible volatility, 2023 annual lumber price cycle seems to have returned to historical norm....

Madison’s Lumber Prices Index December 8, 2023: US$444 mfbm

The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending december 8, 2023 is: US$444 mfbm The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index for the week ending December 8, 2023 is: US$444 mfbmThis is down by -1%, or -$3, from the previous week when it was US$447. For information...

Lumber Prices Rise on Ongoing Supply Constraints

It is normal that the US Thanksgiving holiday marks the end of true construction season across North America, thus also lumber sales, and this year was no exception. However, given the discipline of sawmills over the past year to reduce production volumes and curtail...