What You Want Isn’t Always What You Need
By Tony Shepley How many times do we, or our homeo
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Lumber Market Report
March22
Lumber Market Update – April 2019
By Paul Rogers A lull in the market tempered buying for most of March, but it wasn’t because outtake was poor on the retail level. Despite March coming in like a lion, it wasn’t enough to quell the pace of construction. Sales were brisk, but the bulk of energy spent by buyers was chasing down Read More
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Lumber Market Update – March 2019
By Paul Rogers Seemingly all at once, mill curtailments, rail interruptions and mild weather upended the market in early February, and the resulting upset created a rally that further exacerbated the situation. The lumber market, which had been lackluster for months, suddenly had a reason to go all-in on buying and the ensuing rally caught Read More
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Lumber Market Update – February 2019
By Paul Rogers With only a few interruptions caused by winter storms, the generally mild weather this winter has, so far, allowed the market to remain active, allowing for favorable inventory turns at all supply levels and preventing any significant swings in pricing that we’d normally see this time of year. With pricing flat and Read More
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Lumber Update – January 2019
By Paul Rogers With the exit of one of the most volatile years in lumber market history, buyers were quite grateful to close the books on 2018 and for it to go quietly. December proved to be a flat month, with little fluctuation despite the best efforts of producers to do otherwise. With a six Read More
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Lumber Market Update – December 2018
By Paul Rogers, Lumber pricing finally found a bottom in November, bringing to an end a five month streak of steady declines. When the market peaked in early June, the fervor surrounding the pace of construction, limitations of available wood and transportation issues (and the effect they had on lead times) had convinced most that Read More
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