“There’s just no fear in the marketplace," one source said.

Learn about how wildfires have influenced lumber prices in recent years.

Read a snippet of our weekly lumber market report, including insights and analysis on price changes and market movements.

Southern Pine lumber has experienced historically low price volatility in 2024, with a narrow trading range and conservative trading strategies expected to continue through the year.

The new EU Deforestation Regulation mandates exporters to provide detailed documentation and geolocation data to prove wood products are deforestation-free.

Are fluctuating raw material costs worsening the US housing affordability crisis? Urgent action is needed to preserve homebuying opportunities, as explored by the Fastmarkets team

Explore the dynamic shifts in the US lumber export market and discover how global trends are influencing trade flows

Random Lengths is inviting feedback from the industry on pricing methodologies for Random Lengths and Random Lengths International as part of its annual methodology review process.

Price volatility in the Southern Pine lumber market eased markedly in 2023 from the pandemic-infused chaos evident in the three previous years. While most traders welcomed that trend, many lamented that the reduced volatility failed to make the market’s near-term shifts any easier to gauge. In fact, many veteran traders noted that coming trends were […]

Softwood lumber traders worldwide begin 2024 with a glimmer of hope that a post-pandemic new normal might finally emerge after several years of upheaval. Plateauing interest rates and encouraging signs in the U.S. housing market in late 2023 provided a reason for guarded optimism in North America. U.S. and Canadian exports to China increased last […]