There has been a lot of talk about material shortages and/or high prices after the recent hurricanes. So I thought this was interesting. I don’t recall that it’s been posted here before, but I may have missed it.

From: http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?newsID=1572

“Although the loss of tens of thousands of homes implies increased demand for, and construction of, new homes, past experience has shown that there is no massive surge in home building in affected areas. Replacing units destroyed by the storm will not begin for many months and will take place slowly, over a number of years.”