Real estate is insane. Land I was scouting in anticipation of buying to build a retirement home have become unaffordable. I'm talking increases of 300% in value

Real estate is insane. Land I was scouting in anticipation of buying to build a retirement home have become unaffordable. I'm talking increases of 300% in value between 2020 to today. The spike in value came out of nowhere, I honestly cannot explain it.