Sawing profits

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Lumber prices soar as demand outpaces supply

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Editors note: Reprinted witht permission of the Wise County Messenger. Builder Mark Southard is a native of Archer City.

Lots are filling up at South Martin Branch, a subdivision off Farm Road 730 in Decatur.

Construction starts, framed builds and completed homes take up nearly every empty space of the neatly manicured neighborhood; trappings of a housing market that shows no signs of slowing down.

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