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 ...

Crews at a construction site in Denver, Colorado, are working around the clock, trying to keep up with an increased demand by building more housing. “It’s getting really interesting out there isn’t it ...

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 ...

"The U.S. Lumber Coalition applauds Secretary Bessent for stating the facts regarding softwood lumber prices," stated Zoltan van Heyningen, Executive Director of the U.S. Lumber Coalition. "Lumber ...

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 ...