I finished building my house just before new tariffs hit
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Anthony Cabrera Anthony Cabrera recently completed the build of his house in Hopatcong, New Jersey after several months of construction
Anthony Cabrera breathed a sigh of relief when, three weeks ago, he bought the last big items - couches - for his newly-built home in Hopatcong, New Jersey. Mr Cabrera, who started working with a contractor in March to construct the three-bedroom house, was eager to get ahead of a fresh round of tariffs on key building materials and home items that took effect earlier this week. Mr Cabrera had already seen his initial budget of roughly $300,000 balloon to $450,000 as prices for a range of products, like cabinets from Asia, started going up since t
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