The price of lumber dropped to $829 per thousand board feet on Tuesday, a 39 percent drop from just a month earlier. It’s still nearly double the pre-COVID rate.
Source: Inman News
Lumber prices reach lowest 2022 level. But DIY projects already DOA
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