Prices have jumped $84k in nine months – Signature Homes

Prices have jumped $84k in nine months – Signature Homes
A bullish view on price guarantees: 'it's actually quite simple'. (Image: Signature Homes)
Brent Melville
Signature Homes, one of the country’s biggest franchise builders, says its price to build a house has increased by an average of $84,000 over the past nine months.The company, the second biggest builder by value after GJ Gardner Homes, will this year sell an estimated 840 homes, generating revenue of about $430 million across its 15 national franchise operators.That’s down slightly on its average over recent years of about 1,000 homes, while prices are variable given the firm’s national coverage. However, the 40-year-old...

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