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By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for October 2025 increased by .06 percent to $50,957 despite continued unimpressive housing numbers nationally and in the state of Florida.  Nationally, housing starts were down 8.5 percent, while starts in Florida dropped 6.0 percent, according to the Census Bureau. The Florida Realtors report August home sales were down 3.5 percent as the housing inventory grew year-on-year to 5.3 months, or an in

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for September 2025 dropped to $50,644, or .8 percent, from...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for August 2025 dropped to $51,071 or 1.0 percent from the...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for July 2025 dropped to $51,565 or 1.5 percent from the...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for May 2025 decreased .8 percent to $52,324 wiping away...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for May 2025 increased .8 percent to $52,765, which is the...

By Don Magruder In last month’s report, I cautioned, “There is little doubt these tariffs will be inflationary unless these new tariffs...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for March 2025 increased 1.5 percent to $52,123 as the very...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for February 2025 increased 1.0 percent to $51,353 as mills...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for January 2025 decreased by .07 percent to $50,869 from...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for December 2024 decreased by 4 percent to $51,222 as the...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for November 2024 increased 1.8 percent to $51,451, and...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for October 2024 increased .04 percent to $50,554 from last...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for September 2024 increased 1.5 percent to $50,363 from...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for August 2024 increased 1.2 percent to $49,624, but as...

By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index for June 2024 declined 1.4 percent to $49,054 from the prior month...

By Don Magruder The June 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index decreased by .4 percent to $50,023 or a decline of $205...

By Don Magruder The May 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index decreased 2.0 percent to $50,227 in the last 30 days as...

By Don Magruder The April 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index increased .2 percent to $51,248 which marks the second...

By Don Magruder The March 2024 RoMac Building Supply Whole House Commodity Index increased a meager .1 percent to $51,127, but this...