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 ...

Softwood lumber prices remain at historically low levels. Prices today are 54% lower than their 1975 average and 49% lower ...

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 ...

Lumber futures fell again Wednesday, dropping to their lowest prices since last autumn, before higher duties on Canadian imports and the threat of tariffs sent them soaring. Futures for September ...