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 ...

Falling lumber prices are sounding an alarm on Wall Street about potential problems on Main Street. Wood markets have been whipsawed of late by trade uncertainty and a deteriorating housing market.

If you can wait to buy lumber, it may pay handsomely to do so. More sawmills, more output, and, eventually, more people to move the output through building’s complex channels, from the source to the ...

Lumber futures dropped to the lowest level in nearly a year Friday, indicating weaker homebuilding demand and a glut of wood on the market. Futures have fluctuated wildly, reaching a three-year high ...

Lumber futures have dropped about 12% since hitting a three-year high two weeks ago, a sign that wood buyers stocked up before duties on Canadian two-by-fours more than doubled this month and that ...

A steep drop in lumber futures prices could change the calculation for boosting timber production to meet President Donald Trump’s executive order. EUGENE, Oregon — President Donald Trump’s demand ...

Weyerhaeuser Company remains a buy near $25, offering leveraged upside to lumber price recovery and rate cuts, plus a 3.39% ...

The Madison's Lumber Prices Index remained unchanged at $524 per thousand board feet for the week ending May 1, 2026, ...

President Trump’s 10% tariff on lumber imports takes effect today, and futures prices are continuing their recent climb from the September’s lows, which prompted sawmill curtailments across North ...

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 ...