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Soft Demand Brings Lower Lumber Prices

Lumber prices dropped yet again at the end of March, as demand remained soft and customers skeptical. While sawmills were able to book order files out two weeks or longer, most buying remained just-in-time. Almost no one was stocking inventory, which is a bit odd...

Strengthening Sawmill Order Files Push Lumber Prices Up

Into the end of March markedly improved weather across the continent perked up demand for lumber, pushing out sawmill order files to almost a month. As such, suppliers were able to boost prices higher. The annual spring break brought a noticeable absence of players,...

Softwood Lumber Market Update: Late March 2023

view the latest video of Madison’s Lumber Reporter softwood lumber prices and market update, toward the end of March 2023: Check back with the Madison’s website www.madisonsreport.com often for the latest developments and updates. In the week ending March 24, 2023,...

US Housing Market February & Softwood Lumber Prices March: 2023

The latest US housing starts and new home sales data, for February 2023, demonstrates ongoing demand, however at a requisite slowdown from the frantic momentum of the previous two years. In particular single-family homebuilding and permits rebounded in February,...

Lumber Prices Flatten as Winter Ends

By mid-March many regions across the continent faced yet another bought of bad weather. Meanwhile the densely-populated southern US states ramped up construction activity. Demand for lumber materials remained somewhat muted, yet suppliers booked enough sales to keep...

Ongoing Winter Weather Keeps Lumber Prices Down

As more cold and snow descended yet again across North America, construction activity remained stalled thus lumber sales were similarly slow. Those purchases which were made were generally for just-in-time buying or immediate needs; almost no one was stocking up on...