Comment by Teever
I'm not from the region so I'm wonder if this glut of wood translating into low prices for end consumers?
I'm not from the region so I'm wonder if this glut of wood translating into low prices for end consumers?
lumber future prices are up over the last few months. currently 593, was 493 in July.
It looks like it is more or less back to a rough pre-COVID baseline, if inflation is factored in: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lumber
(But I'm certainly not seeing the glut of cheap lumber that others may appear to be alluding to here...)
"Low prices for end consumers" seems to be around the current $3-$4 per 2x4x8 stud in retail terms, but standing lumber was never worth much even at the peak of the lumber shortage a couple years ago, it was all sawmill-limited.