Homes Left Unfinished as Contractors Are Squeezed by Material Shortages
New home buyers may be surprised to move in and discover their dream home missing its garage door or gutters — and reports of unfinished homes suggest there is plenty...
New home buyers may be surprised to move in and discover their dream home missing its garage door or gutters — and reports of unfinished homes suggest there is plenty...
Amidst global supply shortages and turbulent price changes, the White House has finally announced it will be suspending tariffs on European steel and aluminum. Contractors can be on the lookout...
According to third-quarter 2021 data from the US Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index, staffing shortages and problems with material supply chains are two of the largest hurdles currently facing...
The US Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS) has been active since April 2020 in an effort to track changes in business conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Each...
After a year and a half after the cost of wood frames and other lumber-based items started a climb to historic highs, the material’s market price fell for the seventh...
As building materials prices spiked over the course of 2020 and 2021, this issue — once the sole issue of contractors and their customers — slowly became a “dinner table...
While most of the news coverage on the ever-increasing price of construction materials such as lumber and steel has largely been framed in the contexts of added costs onto residential...
Even as the prices of some construction materials begin to fall back down following record highs, elevated price estimates are leading to mounting costs around the country for major airport...