Why new homes are getting pricier

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More than 90 percent of builders say that rising lumber prices are hampering the affordability of new homes, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Recently surveyed builders say that the higher construction costs are causing more prospective buyers to back out of purchasing a new home as well.

Builders are blaming the rising construction costs on the increase in lumber prices over the past year and a half. (They also say a shortage of labor is having an effect.) Ninety-five percent of builders surveyed said that recent increases in lumber prices were hurting the affordability of their new homes, evenly split on whether it’s a “minor” or “significant” impact.

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