May 18, 2022 | Cost of Doing Business, Press
Lumber and panel markets stabilized for now after drop in April Transportation (truck and rail) challenges buoying up otherwise bearish markets Memorial Day may bring new clarity to demand and direction of markets Interest rate hikes, inflation and affordability...
Jan 6, 2022 | Cost of Doing Business, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Press
December in the lumber business used to be relaxed and subdued – with traders off for the holidays, snowflakes slowing jobsites, mills taking maintenance downtime, and dealers paring inventories to save on taxes. Well, that didn’t happen in 2020 and 2021 was a “rinse...
Aug 12, 2021 | Cost of Doing Business, Cost/Benefit, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Press
What a fascinating time to watch human nature in the face of unprecedented supply disruptions! Every which way we turn, it seems we are running out of this or lead times are long on that. It’s hard to get reservations at favorite restaurants, flights are canceled,...
Jun 3, 2021 | Cost of Doing Business, Cost/Benefit, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Press
EXPANDED LUMBER MARKET UPDATE – JUNE 2021 There is a lot of news and talk about these record lumber and panel prices! Being a commodities market, prices change continually and have been highly unpredictable. We’ll try to cast some light on what has been going...
Sep 10, 2020 | Cost of Doing Business, Cost/Benefit, DHL Monthly Newsletter
LUMBER MARKET – September, 2020 As demand remains strong, mills control this market with sold-out production well into October Very little quick shipping wood available from mills, with lumberyards and distribution yards thin on inventories 21-week run continues...
Jul 17, 2020 | Cost of Doing Business, DHL Monthly Newsletter
Scarce supply at both mills and distribution yards, coupled with steady demand, has maintained solid upward price momentum. Highest prices since July 2018, as mill order files (lead times) stretch into August – see charts below Massive shortages in treated lumber as...
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