Lumber prices are influenced by interest rates, which impact mortgage rates and new home construction. Weyerhaeuser Company is a real estate investment trust that benefits from stable to rising lumber ...

When it comes down to it, lumber is at the core of my research. It’s now been eight years since my original research paper talked about the relationship between lumber and gold and how its predictive ...

Lumber prices are stable - a new contract makes lumber hedging more versatile. Lumber remains highly illiquid, increasing the chances of explosive and implosive price action. Interest rates are ...

The CME’s continuous physical lumber futures contract fell 22.99% in Q2 and was down 21.24% over the first six months of 2024, closing Q2 at $450.50 per 1,000 board feet. In a July 4, 2024, Barchart ...

A combination of factors has driven lumber prices to their highest levels since the Covid pandemic. In recent weeks, spot market prices for framing lumber were up 14.9% yearly. A combination of ...

Many home builders, contractors and retailers wagered that higher U.S. tariffs on imports would boost the cost of lumber, while lower interest rates would lift demand for the building material. But ...

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Lumber prices, which shed more than 20% in August, have continued to fall to start September, hitting their lowest price this year thanks to a glut of wood that was piled up ahead of a big increase in ...

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 ...

The twin-peaked lumber bubble of 2021 and 2022 that once drove home building costs through the roof and exacerbated inflation is now nothing more than a memory. Spot lumber prices have plummeted 75% ...