WILMINGTON, N.C. (NEXSTAR) — Hurricane Florence is taking aim at North Carolina and could hit as a Category 2 storm. High winds, flooding and storm surge are expected and thousands of people are ...

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 ...

Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home improvement retailer, is feeling the squeeze for two reasons: lumber prices have topped out and competitor, Lowe’s Cos. Inc. has been improving its performance, ...

Shares of Home Depot Inc. dropped Tuesday, after the home improvement retail giant reported fiscal first-quarter profit that topped expectations but sales that fell short, and it cut the full-year ...