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Re:I'd rather build my house with my own earth than go into ... by jjoonathan on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:50AM (#37927360)
I thought the big problem with housing wasn't construction costs so much as the game of monopoly being played with the underlying land.
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Re:I'd rather build my house with my own earth than go into ... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:04AM (#37927468)
Both are substantial and building costs is still often the majority in california.
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Re:I'd rather build my house with my own earth than go into ... by justinclift on Thursday October 19, 2023 @06:01PM (#37949334)
Probably depends on the country in question. Western economies are having runaway pricing issues with land, but some of the non-western economies have different problems instead.
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