Building Materials How Are Builders Countering Rising Costs and Shortages? Few builders have switched away from traditional wood framing
Construction Most Builders Raise Prices, Pre-Order Materials to Combat Shortages Faced with widespread shortages and rising material costs, home builders have reacted in an array of ways to combat difficult supply chain...
Building Materials Lumber V: The Latest in a Decades-Long Dispute Over Lumber Despite a fall in lumber prices, costs are more than double pre-pandemic levels, but there remains a disagreement on why prices are so high...
Construction Housing Boom Leaves Small Contractors Behind Though the housing market faces intense demand, smaller contractors are not reaping the benefits that production builders are. With supply...
Economics Federal Reserve Chair Says the Economy’s Future Lies in Lumber Lumber’s twists and turns resulting from the pandemic are Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell’s guide to the future of the U.S. economy....
Building Materials Lumber Prices Finally Cool as Demand Relaxes The demand for lumber from builders, remodelers, and at-home DIYers helped drive prices up to $1,600 per thousand board feet, but recent...
Innovation Building With Bamboo: An Interview With BamCore Would you build a home with bamboo? BamCore says its wall system offers greater strength and sustainability compared to traditional lumber. ...
Building Materials Residential Building Materials Prices Up 23% Prices paid for goods used in residential construction increased 22.5% compared to one year ago, with specific material prices advancing...
NAHB Navigating the Lumber Price Crisis Help for home builders to combat lumber's sharp price increases
Financials Managing Rising Construction Costs: Insurance Builders and remodelers may be subjected to coinsurance penalties as a result of rising building material prices if they do not make changes...
