Lumber and structural panel commentary

Dive deep into the dynamics impacting the North American softwood lumber markets with a free sample of our monthly economic analysis.

By downloading this sample report, you’ll gain visibility into critical North American lumber market insights, in-depth economic analysis and forward-looking market outlooks to inform and propel your strategic decisions.

This exclusive sample focuses on demand drivers and key end-use market indicators, including:

• US housing starts
• Repair and remodeling trends
• US  and Canadian lumber consumption
• The offshore trade outlook
• Supply developments and outlook
• Price forecasts for over 2 dozen items
• Metro-level analytics

Fastmarkets is excited to announce the rollout of our new Metro dashboard, which offers demand indicators and historical data for the top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA’s) in the US.

We used our expertise in the wood products space to develop our own proprietary estimates of softwood lumber and structural panel demand in residential construction in the key metropolitan areas broken down by both new construction and repair and remodeling.

This detailed analysis provides a level of granularity not tracked anywhere else giving you an even clearer view of the demand landscape for US wood products markets.