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 ...

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 ...

Volatile lumber prices are once again rattling the U.S. housing market, squeezing builders and threatening to exacerbate an already dire affordability crisis. Softwood lumber prices in April surged 23 ...

President Donald Trump's tariffs have caused a rise in lumber prices, which homebuilders have warned will increase construction costs and translate into more expensive housing for U.S. consumers.

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 ...

Central Ohio home prices, already at record highs, face another threat: Canadian lumber prices. Home builders and lumber dealers feared a proposed - then delayed - 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican ...

U.S. lumber futures surged Monday to their highest since August 2022, rising as much as 3.5%, after President Trump ordered the Commerce Department to investigate the U.S. national security harm posed ...

Builders have argued about this for decades — and the evidence is more interesting than you'd expect.