with most of the benchmark commodity lumber items trading around 20% under the cost of production, he said. The futures ...

While framing-lumber prices have come down, the costs of a lot of other building materials haven't. If you're building a deck, for example, the deck planks won't be cheap, though the framing will be.

Among lumber and wood products, the commodities with the highest importance to new residential construction were general ...

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Goods, which make up 60% of the residential construction inputs index, remained unchanged in price from October to November. This category is further divided into energy inputs and non-energy goods.

These closures and curtailments seem to mostly be driven by lumber prices being so far below equilibrium that margins are break even or negative for much of the industry. Timber REIT cost ...

It tracks the weighted price movement of structural steel, portland cement and 2 X 4 lumber. Skilled Labor Index The Skilled Labor Index is the labor component of ENR’s Building Cost Index and ...