Nearby physical lumber futures settled 2025 at $576 per 1,000 board feet, posting a 4.63% gain for the year that ended on December 31, 2025. I asked whether lumber futures would wait until spring to ...

Lumber prices and supply have taken investors, contractors and consumers for a ride since 2020. Erratic inventory and construction labor shortages combined with a Canadian lumber tariff have spiked ...

Lumber futures are down moderately, from a three-month high of $614 per thousand board feet to $590, mostly due to a soft housing market (pending home sales slid by 9.3% in December 2025) and ...