Tariffs that were meant to protect domestic producers are now ricocheting through the home improvement sector, helping to ...

Rising housing costs have started to feel less abstract and more personal as buyers watch price sheets shift before a ...

Lumber prices and supply have taken investors, contractors and consumers for a ride since 2020. Erratic inventory and construction labor shortages combined with a Canadian lumber tariff have spiked ...

Lumber prices have dropped by more than 60% so far this year, but don’t count on a recovery soon. Higher interest rates and inflation will continue to slow demand for single-family homes. “Home ...

Lumber prices have experienced extreme volatility in recent years due to low liquidity and macroeconomic factors. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange introduced a new physical lumber futures contract to ...

Central Ohio home prices, already at record highs, face another threat: Canadian lumber prices. Home builders and lumber dealers feared a proposed - then delayed - 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican ...

High lumber prices are often blamed for high home prices. I recently saw a $60k home price reduction offered by a builder because “lumber prices have fallen…we are passing that savings to you.” That ...

Can rising lumber prices create a logjam in the U.S. housing recovery? Dec. 17, 2012 — -- With lumber prices on the rise, analysts are watching whether the commodity could cause a logjam in the ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - As mortgage rates continue to climb, new home demand is easing. That in turn, it is creating larger wood inventories at lumber yards. Could now be the time to consider building ...

Lumber prices are influenced by interest rates and the liquidity of lumber futures. The iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF offers more liquidity than lumber futures and tends to follow lumber prices ...

Lumber prices have plunged 24% in what has turned into a nine-day losing streak for the commodity. But analysts at Raymond James expect a turnaround in lumber prices as inventory remains lean. "If the ...

Lumber has seen a dramatic decline in price despite its scarcity. There is still not enough lumber to meet demands for new housing. Lumber is crucial to the U.S. because nine out of 10 new ...