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RoofingConstruction Hiring Just Stalled While Residential Spending Rebounded
This week's BLS jobs report and yesterday's Census construction-spending release point in opposite directions — flat construction hiring against bouncing residential demand. That gap is priced into every Lowcountry bid going into hurricane season.
8 min read
General ContractorApril PPI Just Surged 2% On Goods
Today's April PPI release shows residential construction inputs up 15.6% YTD on a tariff-driven materials reset — every Charleston quote written before mid-April is now operating on a stale base.
8 min read
General ContractorWhere Does Your Contractor Keep Your Deposit?
SC House Bill 4748 would force residential contractors to hold homeowner deposits in escrow. What it does, why it matters, and what to negotiate today, regardless of whether the bill passes.
7 min read
PlumbingMany Charleston Homes Still Have Lead Service Lines
Charleston Water System has identified ~6,000 lead service lines on the peninsula and is replacing the public side under the EPA's LCRI rule, but the private side, the part that actually determines what comes out of your tap, is the homeowner's bill. Most peninsula homeowners are defaulting to partial replacements that can temporarily make exposure worse.
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General ContractorThe Latest Tax on Home Renovations
2026 tariffs on lumber (45% duties on Canadian lumber), steel/aluminum/copper (50%) are adding $10,900+ to a typical home build — and homeowners can't see where the cost is coming from in their quotes.
8 min read
AIWhen ChatGPT Recommends You a Contractor, You Should Know Who's Paying for It
Thumbtack's OpenAI integration makes ChatGPT a contractor-routing funnel, but the pay-per-lead economics underneath didn't change. The marketing tax is now hidden behind a chat interface.
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