Lumber Reverses From It’s All-Time High to Record a 40% Monthly Drop In June

Source: CNBC

Lumber prices have plunged 40% in June, the worst monthly decline since 1978. The decline has elicited views that the mismatch between supply and demand was short-lived.

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• The decline in lumber prices came at the back of its all-time high of $1,670.50 per thousand board feet on May 7.
• Lumber is now down at least 18% this year and is on its way to its first negative, first half in more than five years.
• The decline in lumber prices has been attributed to economic reopening, with more Americans going on vacations at the expense of new building projects or renovations.
• Inflation fears weighed down on lumber as demand cooled, with analysts warning that the mismatch between supply and demand could not last forever.
• With weekly mortgage demand down 6.9% last week, the lowest in almost one and half years, analysts see the booming housing market fizzling, which has added pressure to lumber.