Home Depot signaled the swings in lumber prices plaguing builders are not going to abate anytime soon. "When lumber hit those extraordinary highs in the early part of last year, we saw a dramatic unit ...

America’s biggest home-improvement chains say the lumber market is returning to normal after a period of extreme and record volatility. A near doubling of lumber prices zapped consumer demand at do-it ...

Dick Gates was a little out of breath. He'd just been out in his front yard _ in a thunderstorm _ laying wooden landscaping edgers around the flower beds. "It's so much fun, I can't quit," Gates said, ...