Residential building material prices continued to experience elevated growth, according to the latest Producer Price Index ...
The Madison’s Lumber Prices Index increased by 4% to $488 per thousand board feet for the week ending 16 January 2026. This ...
Many home builders, contractors and retailers wagered that higher U.S. tariffs on imports would boost the cost of lumber, while lower interest rates would lift demand for the building material. But ...
Lumber has been having quite the moment as of late. The ordinarily quiet commodity market has been the center of attention since a booming housing market and supply strain disruptions lead to an ...
Softwood lumber prices remain at historically low levels. Prices today are 54% lower than their 1975 average and 49% lower than their 1995 average, adjusted for inflation. Yet Canada and the National ...
Falling lumber prices suggest there is trouble ahead for the struggling U.S. housing market, as builders scale back new construction because of a recent inventory glut and growing economic uncertainty ...