Market Insights

Poll results: Gas and business

Readers respond with a clear message: business feels the impact of rising gas prices.
Quikrete Industry Dashboard

A busy week of stats includes a turn up for housing starts

JCHS gives its take on soaring home prices and tight supply

The combination of robust demand and limited supply lifted home prices to their fastest pace in over a decade.
Construction input prices on the rise

Softwood lumber prices are up 154% over the past year.
Double-digit gains for hardware and LBM sector

Monthly sales show year-over-year growth continues for NAICS 444.
Builder confidence sags in June

High material prices, supply shortages, and rising new home costs are preventing home builders from moving forward.
NAR says vacation home sales are hot

The National Association of Realtors reports vacation home sales jumped 57.2% year-over-year.
NPD Stat of the Week: $100 per buyer

More buyers, larger baskets add up to lawn and garden sales growth.
Supply chain struggles continue to haunt retailers

Vessels taken out of service when volumes were low remain in drydock while others are delayed in congested ports.
NAHB says material shortages are widespread

More than 90% of builders report a shortage of lumber, OSB, and appliances.
Poll question: it's a gas

Are rising gas prices having a noticeable impact on your customers?
Quikrete Industry Dashboard: The numbers

Hardware and building supply stocks wobble on Wall Street.
As crude oil prices rise, so does the cost at the pump

Average gas prices are up 98 cents on the year, AAA reports.
Poll results: Signing bonus

Here’s what we heard about incentives in a tight job market.