After surging to record highs at the pinnacle of North America’s pandemic housing market boom, lumber prices have taken a tumble in 2022 and recently hit their lowest point of the year to date.  A spike in borrowing costs and a cooler housing market saw lumber futures plummet to a low of $413 per thousand board feet at the end of September, 64% down over their peak this year, with the sky-high prices of 2021 a distant memory.  Higher mortgage rates are “dampening everything” where the lumber market is concerned. While housing starts were ...