The price of lumber is not going back to levels seen before the pandemic and will continue to see a steady increase in the next few years, according to Mace McCain, chief investment officer at Frost Investment Advisors.<\/p>\n
McCain said the trendline for lumber will see a sustained 5% rate increase, folding in transportation and labor costs as well as inflationary pressures.<\/p>\n
Lumber futures rose 4.86% on Wednesday, to $646 per thousand board feet. They're currently 62% below their record high of $1,711 reached in May of this year. In November 2020, lumber futures were trading at $526 per thousand board feet.<\/p>\n
\"We are past delta peak,\" McCain said, pointing to the\u00a0ADP's monthly jobs report\u00a0released Wednesday. \"The price has stabilized.\"<\/div>\n
The US private sector\u00a0added more jobs\u00a0than expected in October, signaling much stronger job growth after months of dismal recovery. Private payrolls rose by 571,000 last month, ADP said in its\u00a0monthly employment report, marking the strongest one-month gain since June.<\/p>\n
\"We're in the next recovery phase economy, there are more workers being employed and going back to work, and that is going to help the supplier lumber,\" McCain told Insider. \"There will be more mills open and we're going to see more lumber become available.\"<\/p>\n
Despite the encouraging news, the US economy, he said, will continue to see persistent labor and supply shortages, on top of the constant demand brought on by the housing crisis. This is why he says lumber will be a good hedge against inflation.<\/p>\n
\"We think that the pricing will be resilient in lumber over the next several years,\" he told Insider. \"It's one of the commodities I think that will inflate because of the continued demand.\"<\/div>\n
The price of lumber has skyrocketed this year as the COVID-19 outbreak continued to disrupt supply-chains amid renewed acceleration in homebuilder activity.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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