North America: Why now might be the best time to buy lumber?
After more than doubling in price last year, lumber futures have dropped to their lowest level of 2021, on track [...]
July 27, 2021
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North American lumber prices continue to fall, and are headed to as low as $350 by August
An analyst says the price of lumber will sink to as low as $350 by end of August [...]
July 15, 2021
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North American lumber prices dropped for an 8th straight week-down more than 50% from highs
Lumber prices on Friday marked eight consecutive weeks of losses. Prices for the key building material [...]
July 5, 2021
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North American OSB price hit repeated record highs even as lumber’s rally cools
The price of OSB in North America has surged 97% since the start of the year. [...]
June 29, 2021
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North America: Sawmill orders shrinking a sign that lumber prices might fall soon
As May rolled into June and following the dual long weekends of Victoria Day in Canada and Memorial Day in [...]
June 10, 2021
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Has the ‘market tipped’ in US? Lumber prices finally fall
The futures price for lumber peaked in early May. But the "cash" price (the price sawmills charge distributors and wholesalers [...]
June 7, 2021
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N. American sawmill production capacity at highest levels since Great Recession
North American softwood sawmill capacity increased by 1.4 billion board feet in the last year, according to Forisk. Most [...]
May 27, 2021
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Despite lumber boom, few new sawmills coming in North America
North America’s sawmills can’t keep up with demand, which has sent wood prices on a meteoric rise. Don [...]
May 18, 2021
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North American lumber price hike eases
North American umber prices fell for the fifth consecutive day on Friday, May 14. After soaring [...]
May 18, 2021
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North American lumber increase even further as sales volumes remain high
A severe lack of supply along with unrelenting demand sent North American softwood lumber prices up once again for the [...]
May 12, 2021
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