I concluded a January 30, 2026, Barchart article on the lumber futures market with the following: Lumber could rally substantially over the coming weeks and months. Technical resistance is at $618.50, ...

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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 ...

The CME’s continuous physical lumber futures contract fell 22.99% in Q2 and was down 21.24% over the first six months of 2024, closing Q2 at $450.50 per 1,000 board feet. In a July 4, 2024, Barchart ...

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 ...

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 ...

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% ...