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Michael Goldberg

Weatherhead’s Michael Goldberg says that rising lumber tariffs could raise home construction costs

Homebuilding costs rise amid lumber tariffs; experts say there are ways to save
WEWSMichael Goldberg, professor at Weatherhead School of Management and executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, said that rising lumber tariffs could raise home construction costs, but smart budgeting can help. “It’s so difficult because we don’t actually know what the price of timber or steel might be,” he said. “When might be a good time to buy a home?”