It costs over $100,000 on average to build a single family home in California just in fees

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It costs over $100,000 on average to build a single family home in California just in fees

This isn’t building, labor, or materials, this is just bureaucracy

- Pure building permit + plan review fees for a new single-family home are often in the… pic.twitter.com/gJzGpZLgCb

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 3, 2026