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It has become even harder to purchase a house in the last 90 days. The information that is discussed in this article is outside typical challenges we will face when buying a house such as credit score, down payment, monthly payment hurdles, conventional loan versus FHA loan, and mortgage rates. But the focus of this post is to discuss the external influences of the housing market that we cannot control whatsoever.

Housing Starts (New Homes)- Decreased 6% in January to 1.580 million units. Existing home inventories fell 16.4% or 1.1M homes (1.9 months worth of homes). Record-setting low since 1999.

Soaring Lumber Prices- Prices have tripled in the last 90 days to where the price of 1,000 board feet peaked at $1,004.90. For a 1,000 square foot home, you would need 6,300 board feet to complete. That would be just $60,000 to frame your home.

Compared to just 4 short months ago it would have cost you $30,000 or $491 per 1,000 board feet. 100% increase in 4 short months. And it would add an additional 30% to the sales price of a $100,000 home.

3 Reasons Why it is Even Harder to Buy a House!

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