After being asked in a recent LBM Journal webinar, Columnist John D. Wagner shares how best to avoid "margin squeeze." ...

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 ...

If you're moving forward with that home improvement project, looking to purchase a home or build a new one, you better factor in the rising price of lumber. It's more than doubled since June of last ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wood is the latest commodity on the chopping block. President Trump’s new tariffs on imports of wood and related products, including lumber, timber, kitchen cabinets and upholstered furniture, ...

Earlier this month, about $60,000 worth of lumber was stolen in Canada when thieves drove off with a trailer fully stocked with lumber.

A national building industry group has appealed to President Joe Biden as the price of lumber skyrockets, threatening to slow down construction projects across the country and increase the price of ...

Lumber prices drive profitability – The performance of lumber stocks is heavily tied to lumber prices, which are influenced by housing demand, interest rates, and supply chain disruptions.

The current sawmill capacity estimate is down 1.2% from the first quarter of 2025. Despite this quarterly decline, capacity is higher than a few years ago. Compared to the second quarter of 2023, the ...

Sticky, yes, but how sticky? So full of hand-offs is the chain of action that assembles 18,000 separate SKUs into a 2,000 square foot home – all that selling and buying and selling – it’s no wonder ...