There are so many factors in the headwinds beating back against lumber production. Such as labor, production facilities, permits for cutting more lumber, supply of raw lumber material, trade issues and tariffs. I can’t imagine how many mills were shut down in the previous 5-12 years that just can’t come back on line quickly.

I digress…but

As a smaller builder the pricing roller coaster we have been on has been incredibly difficult and how to communicate to our customers cost vs. value in the market is incredibly difficult. We have absolutely lost sales due to the high lumber cost. Hopefully our political leaders will understand the harm some of their regulatory and tariff policies are doing to affordable housing. We don’t need more programs to help with affordable housing, we need less regulation and tariffs and for politicians to get out of the way to let us do what we do best. Build more housing.