Lumber prices have come full circle in the years ... with most of the benchmark commodity lumber items trading around 20% ...

Lumber prices have plunged this year as the peak home-building season falls flat amid subdued demand. The essential homebuilding commodity has seen futures pricing plunge 24% from its mid-March ...

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

And then there was lumber mania, when lumber prices soared to records. Once we all were cooped up in our homes, many people looked around, realized they hated their abodes, and decided it was time ...

US Single-Family Housing Starts and Permits vs Madison's Lumber Prices Index (CNW Group/Madison's Lumber Reporter) Single-family housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding ...

The greatest consumer of North America lumber commodities, by far ... As well, the extreme volatility of lumber prices that shocked home builders and contractors in 2020 and 2021 is now well ...

I write about commodities through a four-decade lens of experience. Prices of bellwether commodities like oil, gas, lumber and copper are down significantly from a year ago. Commodity markets are ...

In 2024, this lumber tilt was unfavorable, as lumber prices were at rock bottom levels ... due to recent weakness in commodity pricing, but the fundamental outlook for lumber has turned favorable.

VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 20, 2024 /CNW/ - The strategy for lumber industry players is to end the year with no inventory on-hand, so the focus now is on selling out any remaining wood at lumber yards.