Heard It On WUFT-FM Lumber Companies, Home Buyers Respond To Rising Home Prices WUFT | By Isabella Witkowich Published March 22, 2021 at 6:15 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:19 Slabs of lumber placed on a truck. (Isabella Witkowich, WUFT News) The average price of a single-family home has risen by more than $24,000, since April 2020. Home buyers and lumber companies are now seeing the impact of these rising prices.