Commodity prices have been all over the place for the last few years due to the constant economic changes, from a pandemic to soaring inflation. With fears of a global recession and many other unique ...

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 skyrocketed during the pandemic, but returned to normal levels as housing demand cooled Construction is the primary demand input for softwood lumber in the United States, making housing ...

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 ...

Last year, lumber turned into the surprise superstar of the U.S. economy when it briefly outperformed bitcoin, gold, and the S&P 500 to become “the hottest commodity on the planet.” To learn more, I ...

Get ready for a lumber surge. The homebuilding business looks like it’s ticking up again after a tricky 2022. And with it investors should see lumber prices lift as well. The latter had a brutal year ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the last month, lumber prices across the U.S. have soared once again. The price of lumber has been unstable since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, drastically dipping and suddenly spiking ...

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says that, after a few months of moderating lumber prices following the rapid runup in early spring, those prices are soaring again. In a recent post ...