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Welcome to Unlocking Real Estate, the podcast where we crack open the deals, strategies, and market forces shaping the property world. I’m your host, RJ Hernandez—developer, planner, investor, and lifelong student of the dirt beneath our feet and the structures we build on top of it.
In this episode, we’re diving into a topic that’s been hitting developers, builders, and even everyday homebuyers where it hurts: tariffs.
Lumber, steel, aluminum, electrical components—everything’s getting pricier. But what does that actually mean for the cost of construction, land acquisition strategies, and the viability of new development? And more importantly… what’s next?
Tariffs 101 – What’s Going On?
Brief recap of recent or ongoing tariffs: U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber, Tariffs on Chinese-manufactured building materials, ...
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