The rise cost of building new homes - has slowed
The rise cost of building new homes - has slowed
9 April 2025
The latest Cordell Construction Cost Index, shows the cost of building rose 0.3 percent last quarter.
It's well below the average quarterly growth of one percent, and a far cry from peaks topping 10 percent in 2022.
Generation Homes CEO, Craig Hopkins, says costs have reduced as housing priorities have changed.
He says about 33-thousand existing homes are up for sale and some people don't want to wait for the time it takes to build.
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