Dan Dunmoyer, president of the California Building Industry Association, said increasing the cost of $500,000 home in the state by even $10,000 would price out thousands of families.
Half a million for a home and it is constructed out of Chinese crap. Go figure.
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To: artichokegrower
bullshit. the cost of homes in CA is astronomical (and have been for over a decade) because the environmentalists have nearly shut down new construction.
supply and demand. and supply is frozen.
To: artichokegrower
Cool statistic, now tell me how much the environmental and legal regulations have driven up costs of a California home to comply with the outrageous regulations imposed by the state and local bureaucrats.
3 posted on
09/05/2019 6:12:55 AM PDT by
King_Corey
(Buy American - https://madeinamericastore.com/)
To: artichokegrower
LOL!....what is Democrat governance doing to the cost of living in California though?
4 posted on
09/05/2019 6:13:15 AM PDT by
Bishop_Malachi
(Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
To: artichokegrower
Supplies are dynamic not static. If they cost more then somebody will undercut them.
5 posted on
09/05/2019 6:15:01 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: artichokegrower
So? Lower taxes. How come that never enters any discussion regarding higher prices?
6 posted on
09/05/2019 6:15:58 AM PDT by
mindburglar
(Stupid is supposed to hurt. - Lurkers Granddad.)
To: artichokegrower
tariffs have driven up the cost That is the whole point of them, that and revenue generation.
7 posted on
09/05/2019 6:17:08 AM PDT by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: artichokegrower
No, the owner or builder will have to eat most or all of the extra cost. Just because something costs more, doesn’t mean people will necessarily pay more.
8 posted on
09/05/2019 6:19:33 AM PDT by
Concentrate
(ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. Podesta the molest)
To: artichokegrower
In 2020, solar panels will be mandated for most new home construction.
Where do they come from?
I see a lot of local construction, maybe trying to beat the deadline.
9 posted on
09/05/2019 6:22:37 AM PDT by
Scrambler Bob
(This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM, maybe more so!)
To: artichokegrower
The high cost of housing has more to do with Government Fees and Permissions than anything else.
Feb 2018, begin process to get Building Permits to construct a New Home on MY Land
September 2019 and $80,000m Later I have a Grading Permit
Another $20,000-$30,00 and I will have Building Permit next month.
10 posted on
09/05/2019 6:22:51 AM PDT by
eyeamok
To: artichokegrower
20-30k on a multi bazzilion dollar house.
HMMM. Math is hard.
11 posted on
09/05/2019 6:23:53 AM PDT by
Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: artichokegrower
I guess home prices in California just to went up since Trump started this?
The cunning of this man!
To: artichokegrower
15 posted on
09/05/2019 6:25:52 AM PDT by
kabar
To: artichokegrower
High taxes, high fees, to many regulations all pump up the cost of new housing. Allowing illegals to flood the state pump up cost of rental housing.
17 posted on
09/05/2019 6:30:17 AM PDT by
jetson
To: artichokegrower
Half a million for a home and it is constructed out of Chinese crap.
Apparently the Chinese drywall disaster did not teach them anything??
Between 2004 and 2007, an estimated 100,000 homes in more than 20 states were built with toxic drywall imported from China.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114182073
18 posted on
09/05/2019 6:30:31 AM PDT by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: artichokegrower
We’ve seen the shacks that sell for a million bucks on the TV reno shows. Pres. Trump shouldn’t be blamed for the obscene housing prices in CA. But why should he care about CA anyway?
To: artichokegrower
When the median price for a home in California is more than $400k, Trump’s China tariffs are not the problem.
21 posted on
09/05/2019 6:34:30 AM PDT by
Durbin
To: artichokegrower
Isnt that 2/10 of 1 percent?
22 posted on
09/05/2019 6:35:27 AM PDT by
Chickensoup
(Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
To: artichokegrower
No my decimal point is in the wrong spot.
23 posted on
09/05/2019 6:36:54 AM PDT by
Chickensoup
(Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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24 posted on
09/05/2019 6:37:16 AM PDT by
Chickensoup
(Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
To: artichokegrower
That comes from tariffs appliances, certain counter tops and other miscellaneous items that at the end of the day, really add up, according to Dennis Fitzpatrick, owner of Fitzpatrick Homes in Modesto.
I call garbage. Not too many years ago, I built my own home in northern Illinois. Although I used a homeowner's system, I spec'd a lot myself.
My drywall was locally made. My concrete, driveway asphalt and rebar were U.S.
The lumber, wood flooring, stairs and roofing shingles were certainly not Red Chinese, nor was the sepytic tank, siding, paint, furnace, AC flooring or the fiberglass insulation.
The appliances were U.S., Korean or Mexican assembled. The hired labor was not Chinese.
The Kohler and Delta fixtures were not Chinese. That leaves us with can lights, outlets, thermostat, some non-high voltage cable, possibly the well-pump and a couple of sumps, maybe some cheap linoleum.
A Chinese tariff would only add a tiny surcharge to the total cost. Maybe some indirect costs (cheap tools bought by installers, parts in some of the appliances assembled in the U.S.) but all in all a trifle. Much less than extra expenses incurred satisfying the highway department on driveway entry specs and rerouting gas and electric to satisfy septic field rules.
26 posted on
09/05/2019 6:46:28 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("...a choice between Woke-fevered Democrats and Koch-funded Republicans is insufficient."-Mark Steyn)
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