Material price history!

When I started doing this not too long ago, a 7/16 inch sheet of OSB was $4.84. I just bought one and it was a hair over $20. Holy cow. I should sell everything and go into the plywood business. --174.201.xx.xxx

Material price history! (by WMH [NC]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 8:48 AM
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NE, I was just reading that one of the reason for the (over) building in luxury housing is the price of materials! That plywood costs the same whether you are building luxury or "affordable" homes, so you might as well build luxury! --50.82.xxx.xx

Material price history! (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 8:52 AM
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I guess maybe there is something to that. I bought 50 feet of four wire oven line for the same project a few weeks ago it was over $150! Three bucks a foot for wire. Crazy. --174.201.xx.xxx

Material price history! (by fred [CA]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 9:30 AM
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The first Water heater that I replaced (in 1978) was a 40 gallon natural gas Reliance - priced at $79.99.

It would be $535.00 today.

But if you really want to feel a mega sticker shock, look at copper pipe prices, then and now. 10 times the cost.

One major reason is China. China is experiencing a building boon, never seen before in the history of mankind, and they are buying building materials like there's no tomorrow.

--99.59.x.xxx

Material price history! (by RB [MI]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 10:20 AM
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I hear ya.

I Needed something to do, (Early Spring Project)

so I built a 10'x 12' Shed on my primary.

This was a Cadillac Build and even though I

HAD half of the materials,

I still put $900.00 into it.

(That's including my Lowes 10% discount)

Around here, a (Amish Built) Prebuilt goes for #2.250.00

--47.35.xx.xx

Material price history! (by Roy [AL]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 11:53 AM
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This post explains why you all need to raise your rents,...especially if you are still getting the same rents you did 10 years ago.

--68.63.xxx.xx

Material price history! (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 12:12 PM
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The unit I was renting out when the plywood was $4.84 a sheet, was renting for $500 a month then. That property now rents for $745 a month. Unfortunately, it doesn't rent for $2000 a month to keep up with the inflation rate of plywood. --174.201.xx.xxx

Material price history! (by BRAD 20,000 [IN]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 12:51 PM
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NE,

Haha! Your age is showing!

BRAD --68.50.xxx.xxx

Material price history! (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 8:00 PM
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NE, you're talking about OSB.not that long ago we used to throw a sheet of regular 1/2" ply under the wheels of a truck when it got stuck,because it only cost $3.00 a sheet...Went down to Newark with my friend,he bought a brand new Ford four door,the works $500.00.He lived in Brooklyn,wondered to another friend why he couldn't pass his driving test,tried 7 times,friend told him,put a $20 bill in the application on the front seat,8th time He passed..........................charlie.............................................that's life................... --174.199.xx.xx

Material price history! (by moby [IN]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 8:06 PM
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It seems like only a couple years ago gasoline was $1.89 per gallon. --68.60.xxx.xx

Material price history! (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 8:18 PM
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First building I built One bedroom went for $75.00 Two bedroom $125.00 Now that same 1 bedroom is$900.00 and the 2 is$1300.00. made all of 75 cents an hour when I first hit these shores,bought 2 snow balls and a coffee at the coffee truck 15 cents.not any further ahead.......poor Irish Lad that I am....................................................went to McDonalds when it first opened..Four hamburgers Four milkshakes four fries, had change from $2.00.hows them onions???....charlie..... --174.199.xx.xx

Material price history! (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 8:28 PM
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Moby,we watched the price of gas on the way North on the Berlin Turnpike Rt15,stopped at the cheapest on the way back 12.9 cents a gallon. Same gasoline we use today different era............cjo'h.....taxes.....and they still can't catch up ..............................ho boy...... --174.199.xx.xx

Material price history! (by #22 [MO]) Posted on: Apr 19, 2018 8:43 PM
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When materials go up, so does labor. It's getting tough in most markets. More work than workers and it's driving up prices big time. --174.234.xxx.xxx

Material price history! (by Smokowna [MD]) Posted on: Apr 20, 2018 5:01 AM
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Love it.

The only thing that bothers me are the price of shingles. I had a used 1998 Dodge and got rid of it to buy a Toyota right when gas was going from a buck something to all points north.

Circa 2005.

When Catrina hit, plywood and OSB went crazy high then too.

What is interesting is there were cheaper prices on plywood and shingles in the early nineties but there were some 9.5% loans floating around. It would be interesting to look at the costs of mortgage payments and see who was making what then compared to now.

--108.48.xx.xxx

Material price history! (by NC INVESTOR [NC]) Posted on: Apr 20, 2018 1:39 PM
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It's the primary reason property insurance is increasing so much. --71.75.xx.xx

Material price history! (by Wilma [PA]) Posted on: Apr 20, 2018 3:38 PM
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Which explains why my hubby checks out dumpsters in housing developments - he gets a lot of straight lumber, plywood, and OSB that just need a few nails taken out of them. --71.175.xxx.xx

Material price history! (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Apr 20, 2018 3:52 PM
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Oh ya Wilma! My brother works out a distribution warehouse. The tractor trailers that come in have to be emptied and they throw stuff away all the time. Tools, vanities, plywood, lumber. Lots of building materials.

They won't let anyone take them. Drives me crazy. So wasteful. --97.35.x.xxx

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