WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – April 2018 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The RoMac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for April 2018 was virtually flat since March. However, there was plenty of movement within the Index indicating that the inflation run in commodities in building supplies is not over. The […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – March 2018 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The RoMac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for March 2018 increased 3 percent to $35,046.02, as tariffs and trade issues involving Chinese steel and Canadian lumber continue to angst the commodity markets. The surprise announcement caught many off […]
Today on Around The House we are talking with Tiffany Betancourt, Marketing Director of Inspired Closets of Central Florida. There’s a whole world of indoor storage options out there and making an informed decision can be a daunting task for the average homeowner. Tiffany is going to talk to us today on how to go about picking the […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – February 2018 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The RoMac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for February 2018 increased a whopping 2.8 percent to $34,030.08 as the January spark in the commodity market raged into a full-fledged flame in February. This type of increase in the dead […]
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 […]
