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 ...

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

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 ...

Softwood lumber prices remain at historically low levels. Prices today are 54% lower than their 1975 average and 49% lower ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump's tariffs have caused a rise in lumber prices, which homebuilders have warned will increase construction costs and translate into more expensive housing for U.S. consumers.

The price of lumber is chipping away at an already "dire" housing market scenario, home builders warn. "If people aren’t listening now, the dire predictions that we've been making appear to be coming ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The price of lumber has seen a resurgence, which analysts expect will continue through early 2022. A reason for the price increase in lumber is another wave of renovation demand, an analyst told ...