Developers continue to plan apartment properties as permits for 1.85 million units across the nation were pulled during the first quarter. That’s more than any quarter since the start of 1986, when 1.95 million permits were pulled. There’s no guarantee all those units will come online. But softening framing lumber could prompt more construction than otherwise.

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