In September 2025, the average price for the southern yellow pine lumber exported from the U.S.

Tariffs that were meant to protect domestic producers are now ricocheting through the home improvement sector, helping to ...

Lumber buyers placed unsuccessful bets on tariffs and interest rates Lumber prices have dropped by more than 14% from a record high in early August. Many home builders, contractors and retailers ...

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 ...

Southern yellow pine lumber prices have languished, prompting mill closures in the region. (Charlotte Kesl for The Wall Street Journal) Lumber producer Interfor said it would close two sawmills due to ...

Lumber prices fell 6% today as mortgage rates reached a 14-year high. When the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, practically every market was affected in one way or another. Possibly none more so ...

This year ended with lumber prices wavering around what can be considered the “new normal,” according to the latest Madison's Lumber Reporter. The unprecedented volatility of the previous two years ...

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 ...