The federal government’s newest tariff actions could make new homes more expensive to build. In June, the U.S. increased tariff rates on most imported steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%, per the White ...

An electrician works on power-distribution equipment at a construction site. Copper wire and cable prices rose 7.3% in May and were 24.2% higher than a year earlier, helping drive a sharp increase in ...

Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) has released its second quarter 2026 Quarterly Construction Cost Report (QCR), highlighting a period of strategic alignment and healthy stabilization across the North ...

Higher energy costs are raising building material prices. Producers use less coal than they once did, but compared to 2022, they have the same exposure to oil and gas. Price increases from the Middle ...

Construction input prices increased 1.4% in January compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price ...

Construction input prices were up 2.8% year-over-year in December, according to the Price Producer Index recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a monthly basis, prices declined 0 ...

Construction input prices increased 0.3% in October compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Construction input prices increased 0.6% in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released ...