Lumber is a crucial construction ingredient, making it a bellwether industrial raw material. Lumber trades on the futures market, but it's one of the most illiquid contracts in the commodities asset ...

I last wrote about the lumber market and its price action on Barchart on August 21, 2025, where I concluded with the ...

The shares, now around $21.50, have lost half their value since peaking in 2022, and trade where they did in the late ...

Lumber prices are stable - a new contract makes lumber hedging more versatile. Lumber remains highly illiquid, increasing the chances of explosive and implosive price action. Interest rates are ...

It smells good inside the warehouse of Brick + Board in Baltimore, like freshly cut wood — only the wood itself, stacked floor to ceiling on one side of the shop, isn’t so fresh. “We’re taking old ...

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 ...

Lumber is piled June 24 at a housing construction site in Middleton, Mass. Wood prices have skyrocketed over the last year, leaving would-be home renovators deciding whether to wait out the high costs ...

After climbing to record highs, lumber prices are finally starting to fall. The long-awaited break in the wood products market already is creating ripple effects in the Flathead Valley's economy. This ...