Record lumber prices driving up cost of housing in Spokane

Smack in the middle of a homebuilding boom in the Spokane area, contractors and home remodelers currently are facing record prices for lumber, which is adding more than $24,000 to the cost of an average new home.

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Tue., March 2, 2021

Greenstone Homes, which builds housing in the Spokane, Liberty Lake and Coeur d'Alene areas, is facing record lumber prices.

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Greenstone Homes, which builds housing in the Spokane, Liberty Lake and Coeur d'Alene areas, is facing record lumber prices.

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This home in Liberty Lake is being built by Greenstone Homes. Spokane-area homebuilders are facing record-high lumber prices as a shortage of building supplies has occurred during the housing boom.

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