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

Construction input prices increased 3.5% in September compared to the previous year, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a June 15, 2023, Barchart article, Lumber Could Have Found a Bottom—What’s Next? I wrote, “ I expect the decline in inflation and Fed’s pause as constructive events for the new home market. However ...

Can rising lumber prices create a logjam in the U.S. housing recovery? Dec. 17, 2012 — -- With lumber prices on the rise, analysts are watching whether the commodity could cause a logjam in the ...

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 ...