Material change
The price of lumber, as with other materials, is a huge factor in determining housing costs.
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According to professionals like Art Vanderohe, manager of Marson & Marson Lumber in Ephrata, material costs are dropping but it’s hard to predict if they’ll continue to.
The price of lumber is dropping, local building professionals say, but the decrease hasn’t caught up to home prices yet.
GRANT COUNTY — It’s the stuff that homes are made of. But lumber, like so many other things, has gotten harder to lay hands on the last few years, and costlier when you can. Unlike other commodities, however, the price of lumber has actually dipped a little in recent months.
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