Central Ohio home prices, already at record highs, face another threat: Canadian lumber prices. Home builders and lumber dealers feared a proposed - then delayed - 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican ...

President Donald Trump's tariffs have caused a rise in lumber prices, which homebuilders have warned will increase construction costs and translate into more expensive housing for U.S. consumers.

Lumber prices skyrocketed during the pandemic, but returned to normal levels as housing demand cooled Construction is the primary demand input for softwood lumber in the United States, making housing ...

Commodity prices have been all over the place for the last few years due to the constant economic changes, from a pandemic to soaring inflation. With fears of a global recession and many other unique ...

WATERS: And have -- reclaiming my time. You don't get to talk. BESSENT: Lumber [is] at a 5 year low congresswoman. WATERS: Reclaiming my time. BESSENT: Then let's just have the fact ma'am." Source: ...

Builders have argued about this for decades — and the evidence is more interesting than you'd expect.