Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You'll be paying more to do so. The Trump administration's tariffs on imported goods from Canada, Mexico and China — some ...

Construction costs nationally rose 2.7% in the second quarter of this year as commodities, including lumber and copper, grew more expensive, according to a national cost index. Costs rose 5.4% ...

MILTON — Scott Wheeler with Landcore Builders in Milton says increases in lumber and other homebuilding material prices, along with shortages, are starting to have an impact on new home construction. ...

Lumber prices are down 24% from their mid-March peak amid subdued home-building activity. US housing starts and new building permits are on the decline this year, each falling 4% and 6% in May. The ...

President Donald Trump's plan to impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico triggered warnings from several trade groups that such a move would drive up the cost of housing, given that a ...

The true firs, called true firs to distinguish the wood from Douglas-fir, consist of more than 40 species in North America, but only seven species produce commercial lumber. In eastern North America, ...