Lumber prices drive profitability – The performance of lumber stocks is heavily tied to lumber prices, which are influenced by housing demand, interest rates, and supply chain disruptions.

VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 11, 2025 /CNW/ - Log exports from Canada dropped -15% so far this year compared to 2024, while lumber exports rose +1.6%. Since 1952 Madison's Lumber Reporter has established ...

Researchers say higher lumber costs can cause a significant bump to your mortgage payment if you buy a new home.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Softwood lumber prices remain at historically low levels. Prices today are 54% lower than their 1975 average and 49% lower than their 1995 average, adjusted ...

Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building ...

Lumber futures Monday rose to their highest point since August 2022, when wood prices were plunging from their pandemic peak, in a sign that it could get a lot more expensive to build a house or a ...

Wall Street is getting jumpy over falling lumber prices, which may be signaling trouble ahead for the housing market and the broader economy. Lumber futures have plunged 24% since August's three-year ...