Kitsap County is losing its last locally owned lumber store. After more than 40 years of serving generations of customers with individualized care, Kitsap Lumber and Hardware on National Avenue in ...

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 have dropped by more than 60% so far this year, but don’t count on a recovery soon. Higher interest rates and inflation will continue to slow demand for single-family homes. “Home ...

The number one material used to make most homes is lumber. “Anything that is a structural number in our homes is predominantly manufactured out of wood,” said David Lemnah, President of Lokal Homes.

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 ...