As spring approaches, physical lumber futures for May delivery are trading just below $600 per 1,000 board feet. Since lumber ...

Lumber futures hit their highest price in three years Friday despite a home-building slump and a lackluster remodeling market. Though wood demand is tepid, traders are pricing in dramatically higher ...

I last wrote about the lumber market and its price action on Barchart on August 21, 2025, where I concluded with the following: The offseason for lumber demand is on the horizon. The potential for ...

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 ...

Volatile lumber prices are causing uncertainty for construction businesses. In April 2025, the price of softwood lumber was 23% higher than the previous year. Lumber futures in Q1 2025 surged on fears ...

Lumber prices had been climbing in 2025, but the iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD) and Weyerhaeuser Company (WY) have been stuck in neutral. In a February 18, 2025, Seeking Alpha article on ...

Lumber futures (LB1:COM) have come under strain after the initial tariff-driven upswing has fizzled out and the cracks in the housing market are beginning to show. LB1:COM has retreated from an early ...

Tariffs that were meant to protect domestic producers are now ricocheting through the home improvement sector, helping to topple a regional rival to Home Depot just as lumber prices jump 14.5%. The ...

CME Random Length Lumber futures data is dynamically delivered from the CME commodities trading floor. Lumber data provided here through an agreement with Barchart allows all wood purchasers to ...