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Don Magruder
Feb 21, 20232 min read
February 2023 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for mid-February 2023 increased a whopping 17.5 percent to $404.47...


Don Magruder
Feb 15, 20233 min read
February 2023 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder After two months of stabilized pricing and 8 months of decline, the RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) increased...


Don Magruder
Jan 17, 20232 min read
January 2023 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for January dropped 4.0 percent to $344.19 per thousand, and just...


Don Magruder
Jan 16, 20233 min read
January 2023 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-January may have cemented a bottom in the market for the year as...


Don Magruder
Dec 16, 20222 min read
December 2022 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for December dropped $68.31 per thousand to $358.69 or 16.0...


Don Magruder
Dec 15, 20222 min read
December 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-November 2022 continued its decline as the holiday season, coupled...


Don Magruder
Nov 17, 20222 min read
November 2022 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for November dropped 4.7 percent to $427.00 per thousand and once...


Don Magruder
Nov 15, 20223 min read
November 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-November 2022 declined 2.6 percent as commodity markets, even with...


Don Magruder
Oct 16, 20223 min read
October 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-October 2022 declined 4.0 percent to $51,240, which on the face is...


Don Magruder
Sep 14, 20223 min read
September 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-September 2022 gave back its gains in August as an uneventful...


Don Magruder
Sep 14, 20222 min read
September 2022 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for September dropped 10.7 percent as interest rates continue to...


Don Magruder
Aug 14, 20224 min read
August 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-August 2022 increased 3.3 percent to $54,798 from last month, and...


Don Magruder
Jul 18, 20222 min read
July 2022 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for July dropped 5.1 percent to $582.54 per thousand, but the...


Don Magruder
Jul 14, 20222 min read
July 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-July 2022 dropped 3.2 percent to $53,041 primarily on falling...


Don Magruder
Jun 16, 20222 min read
June 2022 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) remains volatile as last month’s increases were reversed with a...


Don Magruder
Jun 14, 20223 min read
June 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-June 2022 dropped 5.0 percent to $54,808 as wood commodities...


Don Magruder
May 16, 20222 min read
May 2022 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder After a steep one-month decline in April, the RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) clawed back half of its...


Don Magruder
May 15, 20223 min read
May 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
by Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-May 2022 fell 1.9 percent to $57,678, and while this is the second...


Don Magruder
Apr 19, 20223 min read
April 2022 Lumber & Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) is a weighted index that we have been charting since 2000, and it...


Don Magruder
Apr 12, 20223 min read
April 2022 Whole House Commodity Report
By Don Magruder The RoMac Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for mid-April 2022 fell 10.8 percent to $58,794 which marks the first...
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