Building Materials Why Buyers Won’t Find Relief in Lower Lumber Prices Homebuyers will not see lower home prices due to dropping lumber prices because it’s just one factor among many others causing builders to...
Building Materials Other Building Materials Keep Costs Up as Lumber Prices Fall The National Association of Home Builders estimated the cost of lumber added $35,872 to the cost of a new single-family home back in April....
Economics Will New Lumber Prices Lower Home Prices? Now that lumber prices have fallen near pre-pandemic levels, the cost of constructing an average single-family home is now cheaper, but...
Building Materials OSB Costs 500% More Since 2020 While the country’s eyes and ears were locked onto the changes of lumber prices, other building material costs shot up, such as oriented...
Building Materials Lumber Prices Drop 21% in Five Days—When Will it Normalize? In just five days, the price of lumber fell 21% to $642 per thousand board feet. Lumber prices hit a record high on May 7 at the price of $1...
Sustainability Home Construction Using ICFs: Building for Sustainability, One Block at a Time The 2021 Sustainable, Healthier Home kicks off with a cost- and labor-efficient structural system: using insulated concrete forms
Building Materials Lumber Prices Turn Negative for First Time This Year After two months of continuous price drops, lumber costs are now down 0.6% from 2021’s starting price. Lumber futures for September dropped...
Construction Why Do Builders Continue to Use Lumber? Despite skyrocketing prices and supply shortages, few home builders are willing to use construction methods other than traditional wood...
Building Materials Who Can Shorten the Supply Chain for Home Building? Current supply-chain challenges serve to reveal new possibilities for supplying materials for new-home construction
Building Materials What’s With the Lumber Price Disconnect? If lumber futures and mill prices are declining by double digit percentages, why not the street prices builders are paying?
