Lumber Costs Going Up

We are members of a buyers coop to help keep our costs down. Through the coop, we can track lumber pricing. One thing to note is that lumber costs have jumped big time over the past year. Local lumber costs have risen approximately 5% over the past month, and have increased 33% from March 2012 to March 2013. It seems lumber companies are trying to get their pricing back up to where it was before the recession. Hopefully the cost increases will slow down, but I doubt they will go lower. If you are thinking about building, now would be a good time to start.