As people are still adjusting to the new year, some may be thinking about ways to improve their homes to keep up with the various housing developments, whether they be general and/or technological upgrades. Luckily, both national and local organizations have their predictions of what will be “in .
The procurement director for a Fredericksburg-area building supply company has given up worrying about lumber prices. Thomas Kujawa said that his concern now is actually getting shipments of 2-by-4s, floor joists and other wood products, which have more than tripled in price, from sawmills to Jim Carpenter Co. in Spotsylvania County so he can supply his customers. âThere have been acute shortages for two years,â he said. âLast year, the hot ticket item was pressure-treated wood. This year, everything from floor joists to panels to lumber have been in short supply. When you canât find it, the prices become secondary.â
Lumber prices skyrocket during pandemic, metro-Richmond feeling impacts Lumber prices have skyrocketed 180% since the spring 2020, according to the National Association of Home Builders (Source: NBC12) By Karina Bolster | April 20, 2021 at 5:41 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 11:27 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - With the price of lumber skyrocketing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, families hoping to build a new single-family home in the metro-Richmond area are feeling the impacts. According to the National Association of Home Builders, lumber prices have jumped 180% since last spring, however, one thing has not decreased – the demand to build homes. Most construction has not slowed down across metro-Richmond as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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