Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Its unreal here, as far as prices of lumber goes. I use more hardwood lumber. Back a few years ago, I was paying for maple 4/4 stock about $2.50. It is now $5.50 or so.
Walnut is $15 per board ft. I used to pay about $6 and thought that was outrageous.
Did a tile job last week for a friend's son in Denver. He came driving up with some OSB for some other project. The stuff he bought was more than $60 per sheet.
Here in Colo. Springs its $50. I remember 2 years back it was around $18.
Apparently, they've gotten used to getting 3X the price that they were several years back and they aren't going back.
No wonder houses are so friggin' expensive.
They're building new crackerbox homes here in the area, and there isn't anything that is coming in at less than $500,000.
I feel sorry for the kids today. They'll probably have to go to 50 year mortgages soon before many young people can afford to purchase a home.
And the Dems just want to tax everything more and more.
These politicians are slowly but surely determined to destroy the country.
Yeah, worry about your wholesale prices, guys.
Meanwhile, Russian TV is playing Trump and Pompeo’s comments over and over indicating their approval of Putin.
How patriotic of them to support the president.