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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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