Construction Insight

Report

The cost of building materials plays a crucial role in homebuilding trends and new inventory, which in turn affect the entire housing ecosystem. CoreLogic’s Quarterly Constructions Insight Report helps make sense of the numbers that impact everyone involved in real estate transactions. In this report, CoreLogic examines the frequently shifting costs of building materials such as lumber, metal, drywall and shingles, as well as labor costs associated with housing starts or remodels. The report includes construction cost data for both the U.S. (by state) and Canada (by province). Read previous CoreLogic Quarterly Constructions Insight Reports.
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December 16, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q4 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

September 1, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q3 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

July 1, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q2 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

March 10, 2022

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q1 2022

CoreLogic tracks construction cost for commercial, residential and agricultural construction of all types of goods (labor and materials) throughout the United States and Canada.

June 21, 2021

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According to the Climate Change Catastrophe Report from CoreLogic®, 2020 was the sixth year in a row that property damage from record-breaking wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes caused more than $1 billion in damages. And with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projecti...

February 24, 2021

Quarterly Construction Insights – Q4 2020

The Quarterly Construction Insights is a review of the state and health of the construction economy and other relevant statistics throughout the United States and Canada. This CoreLogic report covers matters such as material and labor costs for construction, growth rates of these costs, permit ap...

March 27, 2020

Hill TV Interview: The Hidden Costs of Home Building

While Fannie Mae forecast single-family housing starts to rise to 975,000 in 2020, the highest level since 2007 and a 10% gain over 2019, the hidden costs of home building could threaten this growth. In this video, Frank Nothaft, the Executive Chief Economist at CoreLogic, and Andy Winkler, the A...

February 6, 2019

Explaining to Homeowners Reconstruction Costs Versus Other Valuations

Because a home is most often a complete loss when it comes to wildfires, the destruction caused by these catastrophic events has been a personal and financial tragedy for many families. These and other natural hazards have forced Insurance Carriers to reevaluate the need for more accurate insuran...

May 31, 2017

A Report Card for Commercial Building Construction

Why the Class of Construction is Significant If you think back to when you were in school, many of you would remember receiving a report card based on your intelligence, performance, participation, attitude and other measurable factors, which would help evaluate how you were doing as a whole, and...

April 5, 2017

The More, The Merrier

Homebuilders Are Building Larger Homes on Smaller Lots The housing market is hot this spring with many families trying to buy their dream home or first home before interest rates become too high, and yet housing inventory is still low. The inventory has been low for the past few years, and is one...

August 29, 2016

How Big Is My House?

Let’s ask a professional… Many aspects of building appraisal or valuation require personal judgment, but one aspect that should not be in this category is the measurements of a house. The actual size of a building is either determined from accurate building plans or by the actual measuremen...

July 13, 2016

Determining Reconstruction Costs

Home features that have the greatest impact on reconstruction cost Reconstruction cost, not market value or assessed value, is used by insurers to determine homeowner coverage limits and is an important factor in determining a policy’s premium. Because of the many variables involved, the estimati...