May 18, 2018 | DHL Monthly Newsletter
Meet the Beetles (Mountain Pine to be exact) The British Invasion brought us the Beatles (John, Paul, George & Ringo), forever changing the landscape of Rock n Roll in the US. Now a new Beetle is changing the US landscape via the “Canadian Invasion” and unless US...
Jan 26, 2018 | Building Practices, Cost of Doing Business, DHL Monthly Newsletter
January Take Always: Panel prices almost down to year-ago levels A little relief on Lumber prices, but Western species (SPF, DF and Studs) still remain high US Housing starts are up at the end of 2017 Housing demand remains strong Construction is predicted to be...
Sep 7, 2017 | Building Practices, Cost/Benefit, DHL Monthly Newsletter
Last month it was wildfires in Canada and now Mother Nature 2.0 has stuck again with Hurricane Harvey along the Texas Coast. While we are all thinking about those displaced by the storm one cannot help but think about the next storm to hit—Recovery and its effects on...
Aug 10, 2017 | Building Practices, Cost of Doing Business, DHL Monthly Newsletter
What do politics and Mother Nature have in common? They both mess with lumber pricing. Over the past months I have been communicating the details of the Softwood Lumber dispute and the resulting tariffs on Canadian Mills (I know riveting…I’m a blast at parties) and...
Jul 14, 2017 | DHL Monthly Newsletter, Lumber
The US-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement hit another milestone as the Department of Commerce levied two (2) duties (CVD & Anti-Dumping) against Canadian mills. The CVD will ended up averaging 20% but due to “critical circumstances” these duties will also be...
May 11, 2017 | DHL Monthly Newsletter
LUMBER MARKET UPDATE Over the last couple of months we have been discussing pricing increases related to the US-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement. Important information for us industry folks but not something one might consider front page news. So you can imagine my...
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