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Government regulations add about $132,000, or 26.4%, to the cost of a typical new single-family home, worsening housing affordability. Regulatory costs have risen 40% since 2021, with building code changes adding the largest burden. Delays and extra development standards are common, contributing to a housing shortage of 1.2 million homes. Builder confidence remains low, with many cutting prices and offering incentives.<\/p>\n

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Government regulations add about $132,000, or 26.4%, to the cost of a typical new single-family home, worsening housing affordability. Regulatory costs have risen 40% since 2021, with building code changes adding the largest burden. Delays and extra development standards are common, contributing to a housing shortage of 1.2 million homes. Builder confidence remains low, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2yu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9522,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/housing-bill-tightens-investor-homebuying-rules\/","url_meta":{"origin":9826,"position":0},"title":"Housing Bill Tightens Investor Homebuying Rules","author":"admin","date":"May 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"On March 10, 2026, the housing bill passed the Senate and returned to the House, highlighting bipartisan national focus on homeownership and tougher investor limits. 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