https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Sale_Price_Breakdown_SITE_light_blue.jpghttps://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-cost-of-building-a-new-home-in-the-u-s/
We need more context!! What size and what location?
$665k in rural North Carolina will get you a Taj Mahal but in NYC it’s a shack if anything
Presumably the national average build price/cost given is excluding land cost...and averages regional materials and labour cost variations.
I'm thinkin' that's not the study's goal.
https://www.nahb.org/-/media/NAHB/news-and-economics/docs/housing-economics-plus/special-studies/2025/special-study-cost-of-constructing-a-home-2024-january-2025.pdf?rev=00a42a1ce63b4a22a4dba9bda8af954b
Built DIY offgrid cabin in New Zealand for under USD$15k. Not big or fancy, but is very comfortable!