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

Rising housing costs have started to feel less abstract and more personal as buyers watch price sheets shift before a ...

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 ...

After being asked in a recent LBM Journal webinar, Columnist John D. Wagner shares how best to avoid "margin squeeze." ...

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 ...

High lumber prices are often blamed for high home prices. I recently saw a $60k home price reduction offered by a builder because “lumber prices have fallen…we are passing that savings to you.” That ...

Can rising lumber prices create a logjam in the U.S. housing recovery? Dec. 17, 2012 — -- With lumber prices on the rise, analysts are watching whether the commodity could cause a logjam in the ...