A weighted 23% tariff could increase lumber prices by 7% — adding roughly $534 to home framing costs alone. Scroll down to see how tariffs could raise prices during each phase of construction. The ...

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. But wood construction isn’t ...

It accounted for $44,748 or 10.5% of the construction cost of a new home in 2024. Excavation, foundation, concrete, retaining walls and backfill: $43,002 Other: $1,747 ...

GMS’s drywall and steel-frame products could be rolled into Home Depot’s SRS Distribution roofing, landscaping and ...

There’s one thing clients often forget about, and it needs to happen before the first room can be framed or the first sconce ...

Concrete Construction. Concrete is also gaining ground in American home construction, beyond concrete pad foundations, thanks to companies like ONX Homes, which builds factory-built concrete homes ...

Steel-frame homes are also less likely to be infested with pests, termites and mold compared to wood. They are faster to assemble because the steel is often pre-fabricated off-site, which reduces ...

Wood pointed to a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan in the 1990s to illustrate how strong Sekisui buildings are built. “We had roughly 177,000 homes that had been built at that point,” he said.