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   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:34:27 GMT, "gatt"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Matthew Beasley"  wrote in message   
   >news:U1Tug.640$_x3.536@news.cpqcorp.net...   
   >   
   >>> Anybody have a ballpark figure of what it costs to build a home per   
   >>> square foot in Oregon these days (on existing property)?   
   >   
   >> Are you interested in property on Military Rd in Lake Oswego, or in   
   >> downtown Ukiah?   
   >   
   >East Multnomah County, but that brings up a question:  In terms of cost of   
   >construction (the land is already owned), what difference does it make?   
   >Does it make a difference at all?  Assume I'm not building a prosecting   
   >trailer -OR- a mansion.   
      
   Builders are not fools.  They will charge what the market will bear --   
   just like everyone else does.  If they see a house going up on   
   expensive land, you'll get charged at the high end of the range more   
   likely than the low.   
      
   >(Also, level ground, already has power and sewer to the lot, etc.)   Looks   
   >like the ballpark I'm seeing is about $150K-$200K which is a little more   
   >than what I expected, but not too much beyond.   
      
   Again, depends on what you want, but yeah -- that fits the range too.   
      
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