Let’s keep this simple: lumber and steel are two of the biggest drivers of flatbed freight in this country. If people are ...

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 ...

I concluded a February 2025 Barchart article on the lumber market with: The odds favor higher lumber prices over the coming months as the fundamental supply-demand balance suggests that lumber demand ...

Dave explains the official logic in the proclamation: national security. The administration argues tariffs will “strengthen ...

Lumber prices closely follow changes in interest rates, impacting demand for new home construction and wood products. Weyerhaeuser Company operates as a REIT with a lumber call option attached, ...

Lumber futures hit their highest price in three years Friday despite a home-building slump and a lackluster remodeling market. Though wood demand is tepid, traders are pricing in dramatically higher ...

In a February 27, 2024, Barchart article on lumber demand, as the market moved toward spring 2024, I wrote: I believe the current environment limits lumber’s downside. At the same time, the price ...

In a May 2 Barchart article on the wood futures market, I concluded: Lumber is in a bearish trend in May 2024, and the trend is always your best friend. The path of least resistance of physical lumber ...

When the Trump administration more than doubled import fees on Canadian softwood lumber earlier this year, the goal was to support domestic prices and boost U.S. production. Instead, prices have ...

It may take 'many months, if not years, to rebuild in a meaningful way' The Palisades, Eaton and Hurst wildfires in Southern California have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, raising the ...

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% ...