Keyword: lumber prices

N. American lumber prices under pressure

     Lumber futures are coming under pressure as the housing market gets more restrictive for new buyers [...]

Extreme supply chain chaos hits lumber industry in N. America

The strangest North American lumber market in memory keeps getting stranger.    Canfor Corp., one of North [...]

N. American lumber rally cools; futures tumble below 1,000$

North American lumber headed for its biggest weekly loss since July as transportation snarls that sparked a rally start to [...]

N. American lumber prices fall 22% in March as housing market cools

     North American lumber prices have fallen 22% from their early March peak as the housing market [...]

US homebuilders urge the Biden administration to end lumber tariffs

Jerry Konter, Chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) urged the Biden administration to increase domestic production of [...]

Russia-Ukraine war aggravated already rising N. American lumber prices

    North American umber prices are continuing to surge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and traders [...]

Big changes in US lumber futures prices

US lumber futures are on another wild ride, but trading them has gotten pretty boring.    In [...]

Are we in a lumber price bubble again?

    When the lumber bubble burst in the spring of 2021, it was expected to be the [...]

Lumber prices increase again as Canada’s biggest producers reduce output

Lumber futures rose to the highest in a month as some of Canada’s biggest producers reduce output and transportation [...]

Softwood lumber production in US up slightly in Jan.-Nov. 2021

    Recovering somewhat from multiple supply disruptions, for January to November 2021 softwood lumber production volumes across [...]