WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – January 2018 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The RoMac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for January 2018 reversed two months of decreased pricing by adding 1.4 percent to $33,109. This sets a tone that the new year could be fraught with price increases throughout the […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – December 2017 The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index for December continued the decline in mid-December, as wood commodities continued to fall. The Whole House Commodity Index dropped .3 percent to $32,644, which is 4.1 percent more than January 15th. A 4.1 percent inflation rate in structural building supplies […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – November 2017 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index for November dropped 1.3 percent to $32,729.15 as sheathing products went into full retreat. As the weather turns cooler and the hurricanes of fall grow dimmer in memory, it is obvious the […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – October 2017 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index for October increased 1.9 percent to $33,157.65 primarily on the strength of the wood commodity markets bolstered by four United States landfalling hurricanes in the last two months. As of mid-October, the […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – September 2017 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply Last month, the word was “uncertainty.” This month, the new word is “supply.” In the last 30 days, the United States has been clobbered by two major hurricanes—the first since 2005. The market is in disarray as it tries to figure out […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – August 2017 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply Uncertainty—here’s that word again. There is uncertainty in the geopolitical world, uncertainty that anything can get done in Washington, D.C., and huge uncertainty in regards to the course of the U.S.A.—Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement. All of this uncertainty is starting to cause […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – July 2017 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply Over the last 30 days, the Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) increased 0.9 percent to $32,584.27, which reverses two months of declines. For the year, the Index is up 4.0 percent; since July 2016, the Index has […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – June 2017 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for June dropped 1.2 percent to $32,301 as lumber and panel products retreated from spring highs. There was no appetite to increase prices in other building supply sectors, which hints that […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – May 2017 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for May 2017 slightly retreated from April as builders and suppliers digested the huge year-over-year increase in lumber and sheathings. The declines in commodities could be an indicator of weakening demand […]
