Shepformation Monthly Newsletter
Information, resources, and news from Shepley for building professionals on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Lumber Market Update – February 2020
The market has been a tough read of late, as the season has been full of fits and starts. Overall, business has been good, but whatever activity that was realized (and believed to have had any sustainability) soon fizzled out, making many...
Lumber Update – January 2020
Despite interruptions from wintry weather and the holidays, December lumber sales were, on the whole, very good. With the heavy snowfall that came earlier in the month, Eastern mills struggled to load and deliver what they had on the...
Lumber Update – December 2019
In reflecting upon the lumber market this past fall, it’s been a bit of an enigma as a tightening supply and moderate demand has done little to move it to more profitable territory. Not for a lack of effort, traders put out their best...
“Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
Napoleon Hill
Lumber Update – November 2019
Another month has passed of a flat lumber market, and the anticipation of a rally that would spur pricing upward is fading. Tight supplies, not necessarily demand, had kept prices propped up. It became apparent as the month ended that...
Lumber Update – October 2019
It’s been a solid six months of lumber mills announcing and implementing curtailments and closures with the latest being from Canfor, to the tune of 75 million board feet. Although cutting back on production has helped to keep the market...
Lumber Update – September 2019
August is typically a quiet month for the lumber market and this year was no exception as demand was mediocre at best. For the most part, retail lumber buyers were picking and choosing material from distributors in order to fill holes in...