Sticky, yes, but how sticky? So full of hand-offs is the chain of action that assembles 18,000 separate SKUs into a 2,000 square foot home – all that selling and buying and selling – it’s no wonder ...

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 ...

VANCOUVER, BC, May 26, 2021 /CNW/ - Sales of new single-family houses in the US for April 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 863,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S.

The twin-peaked lumber bubble of 2021 and 2022 that once drove home building costs through the roof and exacerbated inflation is now nothing more than a memory. Spot lumber prices have plummeted 75% ...

Physical lumber futures have been trading around the $500 per 1,000 board feet level since early August 2023. Lumber prices have experienced a significant correction from the 2021 and 2022 highs but ...

I last wrote about the lumber market and its price action on Barchart on August 21, 2025, where I concluded with the following: The offseason for lumber demand is on the horizon. The potential for ...

CNW/ - Log exports from USA to the world dropped -27% so far this year compared to 2024, and lumber exports fell almost -9%.