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New home construction booming, despite skyrocketing lumber prices
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Bemidji construction company owner Doug Ferrier says the cost of lumber materials has risen dramatically in just the past year. The pricetag for his current remodeling project will be about $2,000 higher than the cost estimate he made last summer. (MPR photo/Tom Robertson)

Bemidji construction company owner Doug Ferrier says the cost of lumber materials has risen dramatically in just the past year. The pricetag for his current remodeling project will be about $2,000 higher than the cost estimate he made last summer.

(MPR photo/Tom Robertson)
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