WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – September 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply I guess the biggest takeaway from the last 30 days is that not much has changed to add life to a sagging commodity market. Commodities remain under pressure from lackluster demand, and it is becoming more evident that hurricane season offers little opportunity […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – August 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply In last month’s Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index), I cautioned about plunging commodity prices and lead times going out on vinyl windows. Over the last 30 days, the downturn in the worldwide commodity markets has pushed building […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – July 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply Since last month, the Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) increased 0.6 percent to $30,136.85, but in actuality if not for the new Florida Building Code the Index would have dropped 0.8 percent. Wow! That sounds like double-talk […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – June 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply Lumber markets surged higher over the last 30 days, which helped boost the Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) 0.1% to $29,967.65. Overall, the Index was subdued by declines in trusses, rebar, and narrow width pine lumber. While […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – April 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply Housing supply indicators in mid-April 2015 still do not point to a vastly improving housing market; if anything, they are indicating the opposite. Since March, the Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index dropped 0.4 percent. The decline would have […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – March 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) remained basically frozen last month with a mere tenth-of-one-percent decline to $30,349. The Index has remained in this very narrow range since October 2014, with advancers being offset by decliners each […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – February 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply If builders, manufacturers, and mills hoped February would offer some positive direction for the markets then all will be disappointed because the markets have been frozen—literally. The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) for February 15, 2015 was […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – January 2015 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index), for the first week of January 2015, increased 0.2 percent to $30,370.42 primarily on the annual increase in drywall and another sizable increase in concrete pricing. Overall, the sentiment remains lethargic […]
WHOLE HOUSE COMMODITY INDEX – December 2014 by Don Magruder, CEO of RoMac Building Supply The Ro-Mac Lumber & Supply, Inc. Whole House Commodity Index (Index) continued to trend in a very narrow pricing range throughout early December, as it dropped 0.2 percent to $30,314. Spotty demand fueled by early winter weather, coupled with declining fuel prices, […]
