top | item 27307483 (no title) jvreeland | 4 years ago right, what we needs is high housing prices. discuss order hn newest mywittyname|4 years ago Now I know how the people who got in early on real estate in SF or Seattle feel. vkou|4 years ago This is a great narrative, until we remember that lumber is a tiny fraction of the price of a house. rwcarlsen|4 years ago It was, but now it's actually a very significant component. In many regions, the cost paid for lumber went from like 5% of the cost to ~20%! ncann|4 years ago It still adds 20-30k when building a new house so not exactly a trivial amount. load replies (1)
mywittyname|4 years ago Now I know how the people who got in early on real estate in SF or Seattle feel.
vkou|4 years ago This is a great narrative, until we remember that lumber is a tiny fraction of the price of a house. rwcarlsen|4 years ago It was, but now it's actually a very significant component. In many regions, the cost paid for lumber went from like 5% of the cost to ~20%! ncann|4 years ago It still adds 20-30k when building a new house so not exactly a trivial amount. load replies (1)
rwcarlsen|4 years ago It was, but now it's actually a very significant component. In many regions, the cost paid for lumber went from like 5% of the cost to ~20%!
ncann|4 years ago It still adds 20-30k when building a new house so not exactly a trivial amount. load replies (1)
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ncann|4 years ago