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Home & Garden Price Trends

Home and Garden - Household Items, Furniture, Appliances, Home Improvement, Tools and Equipment, Utilites

Overall we should see the pricing remaining the same for the moment. Seasonally we're entering early Christmas shopping season and early store savings.
Currently the most discounted items will be ...
These stores are currently offering the biggest discounts - see below
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See subcategories below for most popular retailers and service providers and links to their most current discounts and savings. For local services and offers visit "Local Offers" page.

Home and Garden - Household Items, Furniture, Appliances, Home Improvement, Tools and Equipment
Patio furniture and garden items will be discounted in moth of September to early October due to end of the gardening season.

Household Items
Household items and essentials prices are keeping pace with inflation and although supply chains issues have somewhat subsided there's still a possibility of interruptions for some items -  like toilet paper, lumber, baby formula.

Target Household Items Deals 
Walmart Household Items and Essentials Deals
Amazon Household Items Deals 
Big Lots Essentials Deals


Furniture - Computers, Laptops, Tablets, Mobile Devices, TV's, DVR's Monitors, Printers, Appliances and more

Value City Furniture
Kane's Furniture
Jennifer Furniture
Wayfair
Ashley Furniture
Ikea
Overstock
Bob's Discount Furniture
Pier 1 Imports
Aaron's - rent to own 

Appliances 
You’re smart to replace appliances before they fail, when you would be forced to pay the going rate at the time they break down—possibly the full list price. Budget-conscious homeowners should buy appliances during the specific months that historically see reduced prices...(read full article here)

Best Buy - Top Deals on Major Appliances 
25 Best Appliances Deals 
Lowe's Appliance Deals 
Home Depot Appliance Deals 

Home Improvement 
Much to the detriment of DIYers everywhere, lumber prices skyrocketed back in early 2021. In fact, Forbes reported that between April 2020 and April 2021, lumber futures increased 375 percent. Luckily, a few months later, lumber prices began to fall but average prices still remain higher than those from the pre-pandemic days (full article read here)

Home Depot Weekly Ad
Lowe's Weekly Ad
Menards Weekly Ad
Ace Hardware Weekly Ad
True Value Weekly Ad
84 Lumber Weekly Ad
Empire Today 
Floor & Decor
Pacific Sales (now division of Best Buy)

Tools and Equipment  

Harbor Freight Tools
Home Depot Weekly Ad - Tools Savings
Lowe's Weekly Ad
True Value Weekly Ad
Ace Hardware Weekly Ad

Electricity Rates, Utilities and Water

Industry insiders and federal government expects the price of electricity will continue to rise into 2023, and consumer advocates warn that customer arrears are rising as well (full details here). There are ways to save on you electricity bill and the following articles can help - 15 ways to lower your energy bill.
and also 10 DIY hacks to save electricity
With the allocation of federal funds to alternative energy programs/incentives homeowners should also consider adding solar panels to reduce the cost of electricity. Here are the best companies/programs according to Consumer Affairs - read here.

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