By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for September dropped 10.7 percent as interest rates continue to weigh down the overall national housing market and fears of a robust hurricane season wane. While it appears this morning a national rail strike may have been averted by the Biden administration, the hurricane […]
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for July dropped 5.1 percent to $582.54 per thousand, but the signs of the markets are pointing up despite the overall decline of the month. In the last couple of weeks, the markets have moved up, especially in the sheathings, despite the overall decline. […]
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) remains volatile as last month’s increases were reversed with a capitulation in all areas. The Index over the last 30 days plunged 35.3 percent to $613.56 as weakness in the housing market and rising interest rates begin to bite the housing market. The Federal […]
By Don Magruder After a steep one month decline in April, the RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) clawed back half of its decline in May by increasing 6.6 percent to $948.19 per thousand. Pricing was mixed as mills and wholesalers struggled with the new realities of the transportation issues, the Ukraine-Russian War, and […]
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) is a weighted index that we have been charting since 2000, and it includes a mix of the most popular wood items sold in Central Florida. The Index for March jumped 14.0 percent to $1,358.45 per thousand which is on top of a 17.5 […]
by Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) is a weighted index that we have been charting since 2000, and it includes a mix of the most popular wood items sold in Central Florida. The Index for February jumped 17.5 percent to $1013.61 with every item increasing in price but two. The […]
By Don Magruder The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for January soared a whopping 39.3 percent to $1013.61 per thousand since mid-December as lumber and sheathing prices rose unabated with heavy demand, tightening supply, supply chain disruptions, continued issues with trucking shortages, and much higher costs. No items decreased in price and wide-width […]
The RoMac Building Supply Wood Commodity Index (Index) for October 2021 increased for the second straight month as the August market bottoms have long since been touched. Over the last 30 days, the Index soared a whopping 18.7 percent to $557.96 per thousand as no item on the Index declined in price. Most experts believed the […]
