Cost pressure in U.S. housing supply chains is rising steadily, with building materials showing a 0.67% average monthly price increase in 2024 and ocean freight rates 18% higher in 2021 than in 2019, compounding broader disruption costs that reach 2.5% of U.S. 4.5% year-over-year increase in the PPI for residential construction inputs in April 2024 […]
