it's about $65k to bring a block to market at present including design, engineering, construction, phone, power, water, sewer, retaining, fencing, stat fees, council contributions, open space cash-in-lieu, marketing fees and a small contingency.
unfortunately yes.
you can purchase a triler home for as little as $4000 at present.
that's like sticking dole money into a mining town affordability scenario.
another perfect example of people misuing stats to achieve their own ends.
1) using average salary and median prices - apples and oranges.
2) using medians to calculate anything.
have you worked in the US?
seen their wages?
their houses are probably the best price to income ratio for AUSTRALIANS - but certainly not for americans.
especially those that have been out of work for 12m or more and no longer make up official UE stats.