Ok, so contractors being booked 3-6 months out is false, wow pick up the phone and ask them to build a 12,000 sf barn on that " 10,000 acre farm ", get back with us on when it will happen. Lumber prices rising didn't stop home building before and get a clue - a thing called a KY tornado, WILDFIRES and floods have driven contractor prices up, along with corporate greed. DID YOU EVEN READ YOUR ARTICLE OR BETTER YET UNDERSTAND IT, GEEZUS THAT READING COMPREHENSION THING !
So, does it hurt when you keep shoving your foot in your mouth, you think you would learn ?
Instead of lockdowns, blame mother nature this time.
The bad wildfire season this summer in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia—the epicenters of North American softwood production—saw some sawmills curtail production. Meanwhile, mudslides and flooding caused by a record rainfall in November have delayed lumber shipments coming out of the Port of Vancouver. That supply decline is simply outmatched by High demand from builders who are still selling homes faster than they can build them.