Lumber rally cools with transport snarls easing, buyers balking

Re:Lumber rally cools with transport snarls easing, buyers b... by fomine3 on Monday March 28, 2022 @06:39PM (#30836450)

Thanks for sharing your thought. There's old car fans but not much old house fans. For Japan, the new earthquake resistance standards was introduced in 1981 so not all prior houses are guaranteed to safe. Old houses could be interesting but almost all 1981 house isn't interesting but just obsoleted. Insulation is also a huge factor.

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Re:Lumber rally cools with transport snarls easing, buyers b... by llampx on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @08:43AM (#30841756)

One datapoint: In Germany, Altbau (old construction) apartments are quite sought after especially in cities. Whether that's because of their location (older apartments tending to be in historical areas) or their construction quality or just fashion, I don't know.

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Re:Lumber rally cools with transport snarls easing, buyers b... by galangalalgol on Monday March 28, 2022 @08:45PM (#30837382)

Houses from 1981 aren't very interesting here either. Right now people seem to like 1960s houses or 1920s and older.

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