Wonder how much of that is driven by people actually being home to answer the door when roofers knocked during Covid. Completely anecdotal but I got a new roof during the covid lock down and so did 3 of my neighbors and its mainly due to being home to answer the door and the roofer being able to get insurance to cover the cost.

I get it if insurance covers it (without jacking your rates for perpetuity to pay for it), but alas, how do you work from home while being re-roofed?