Construction costs nationally rose 2.7% in the second quarter of this year as commodities, including lumber and copper, grew more expensive, according to a national cost index. Costs rose 5.4% ...

Nearby physical lumber futures settled 2025 at $576 per 1,000 board feet, posting a 4.63% gain for the year that ended on December 31, 2025. I asked whether lumber futures would wait until spring to ...

Wood prices have plunged 23% since early August and lumber mills are cutting back due to a building slump and uncertainty over tariffs, in a signal of potential problems in the U.S. economy, The Wall ...

Tariffs that were meant to protect domestic producers are now ricocheting through the home improvement sector, helping to topple a regional rival to Home Depot just as lumber prices jump 14.5%. The ...

Lumber prices that have dropped more than 20% over the past month are prompting one of North America's largest producers to throttle back output by 12%. Interfor said Thursday that it would reduce ...

When the Trump administration more than doubled import fees on Canadian softwood lumber earlier this year, the goal was to support domestic prices and boost U.S. production. Instead, prices have ...