Shepformation Monthly Newsletter
Information, resources, and news from Shepley for building professionals on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
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...
Lumber Market Update- July 2019
The languishing market seemed to come to an end mid-month, as a rally spurred by additional mill curtailments and closures created what appears to be a bottom for a market that had been in decline for months. Up until the...
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Lumber Market Update – June 2019
Many people want to blame the weather for flat sales this spring, but drier days in May didn’t produce the level of activity that most were hoping for, especially for lumber mills. Any upward price movements in the market were largely...
Lumber Market Update – May 2019
April lumber sales were, surprisingly, oddly calm, with very little movement in pricing (and quite unlike last year’s maelstrom of exorbitant price increases brought upon by excessive demand, shortages and trucking issues). Demand this...
Lumber Market Update – April 2019
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...