The price of a typical new California
home includes over
$18,000 in impact fees, utility
charges, and land dedication
costs, according to a survey taken
by the National Association of
Home Builders (NAHB).
Impact fees, which were initiated
in California in the 1970s,
have increased in four years
(1983 through 1987) from
$1,715 to $4,268 for typical new
single-family homes, NAHB says.
When building fees, utility fees,
and other charges are added, the
fees have increased in four years
from $5,792 to $11,807 for a typical
house.
In addition to those fees, the
cost of land dedications and
reservations is now $6,819 per
single family house, NAHB says.
The survey, which compiled
information supplied by 203 California
home builders, did not
gauge how much this