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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Builders are paying an extra $5,000 in expenses on a standard four-bedroom home in a new development, she estimated, with many on fixed-price contracts.

"For the volume builders, that per-home amount can make a difference," she told SBS News.

The instant you start talking about poor widdle volume builders you lose me. Landbanking, artificial restriction of supply, subpar builds, how about you straight up fuck off and die.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

$5,000 in expenses on a standard four-bedroom home

This seems pretty damn reasonable to ensure that the house is built to a good standard...

Even their cherry picked numbers aren't convincing

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago

Extra $5k in expenses on a house they're gonna sell for north of a mill.

Oh. The pain.