Why Is Lumber So Expensive

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Why Is Lumber So Expensive. This doom loop catastrophe is quickly snowballing into a. One of the most talked about phrases over the last year and apparently the reason behind every shortage.

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This tariff caused a price increase. It all depends on the equilibrium between supply and demand. Pandemic aside, there are also the rising costs of everything going into lumber production—labor, transportation, containers and so on, all costing more across the board, which drives up the cost of lumber regardless of supply or demand.

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Their efficiency has proven not to be enough in today’s market and many mills are looking to expand, but building a new mill normally takes about two years. Venture capitalists get a lot of sh*t — often with good reason (just check out @vcbrags). According to vox, the price of lumber used to be range from $200 to $400 for a 1,000 board feet. With mortgage rates hovering around or below 2%, people were.