1. I do not believe there is a shortage at all. How can there be a shortage when there is lumber to buy, lumber stacked in retail yards, lumber on trucks moving to market and lumber on trains going the same place?
2. Why is anyone buying lumber or any other building materials now at these prices? Is it that vital that anyone build anything at these prices?
3. This is price gouging. Plain and simple and I won’t play. I blame the consumer for participating in this madness as much as I do the suppliers.
4. Lack of timber? Did it all suddenly get sick of covid and die or something? I don’t believe in coincidence, never have. This is opportunism.
5. I hope I live to see some people choke on their inventory and their over priced houses too. this is insane.
My son works for a national building materials company. The shortages are real. Drywall mud was hard to find, as the resin used to produce it was not being made. The plant in Texas was damaged in the freeze. Our deck ended up using Trex as it was cheaper. The huge houses here in KY are using up a lot of products.