OPINION: Killeen council's ties to local real estate industry merit scrutiny | Editorials
Killeen has four local real estate professionals serving on its city council.
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Killeen has four local real estate professionals serving on its city council.
The prices of lumber have doubled, and more, in the last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing building and developing costs to go up as well. Fewer than 100 houses were on the market in the Killeen-Fort Hood area last week, and that can be contributed in part to developers struggling to get lumber and other building materials and the increased prices. Don Farek, the owner of Cameo Homes, a local development company, explained how the prices have gone up and how it has impacted his business. âThey are double what we have been paying,â Farek said about lumber prices. He added th...