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Using wood for construction is good, but it involves a lot of work, and there is a limit to how many houses we need. I imagine producing far more logs.

Not that I've done any math, so I could be wildly wrong.

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It doesn't seem to be too much of work or uneconomical, here in Finland construction firms are already making large apartment buildings at least partially out of wood, smaller ones have been built from wood for thousands of years already. Apparently it can be also faster than concrete building, because you don't have to wait for the concrete to dry.

If this were to become a global trend, I think it could really absorb a lot of carbon while also reducing concrete emissions. Admittedly logistics could increase the costs for many parts of the world that lack forests with suitable wood.

AFAIK the timber needs to be fairly dry as well, so there is a significant time gap between harvesting the timber and starting the construction.

This can be managed as long as the demand curve moves in predictable ways.

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