Shepformation Monthly Newsletter
Information, resources, and news from Shepley for building professionals on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Market Sense
Markets rise and fall on consumer and seller confidence. Just 4 months ago, consumer confidence was in the tank due to the fear and unknown of COVID-19. Producers and sellers prepared for the worst and assumed that demand...
Lumber Update – August 2020
Another month forward in 2020 and another month of turbulent but booming sales in the lumber market. Building material supply centers have remained busy throughout the pandemic, and even though the general consensus was that sales would...
Lumber Update – July 2020
With each passing day, a clearer focus is developing upon the state of our economy and the future of the lumber market, and it’s an encouraging one. After the initial re-openings from the Covid-19 stay-at-home orders, our crawl became a...
“To his dog, every man is Napoleon, hence the constant popularity of dogs.”
Aldous Huxley
Lumber Update – June 2020
Cautious optimism marks the tone of the lumber market as framing sales slowly return to an industry that has been living hand-to-mouth since the Covid-19 crisis began. Over the past few months, buyers’ angst grew in proportion to their...
Lumber Update – May 2020
At a time which historically has been one of our busiest months of the year for construction, our industry is collectively putting all energy towards surviving, in terms of business and health, as we navigate our way through the COVID-19...
Lumber Update – April 2020
Since our last report, a few situations developed that disrupted supply and sent the lumber market at once soaring and back again. In Canada, railway blockades set up by members of the First Nation Tribe had a profound effect on the sale...