[lendaddy]

FWIW, I'm dangerously close to scrapping my plans for a custom home and just buying something. I have well into five figures (not much to some I know) just into my planning, design and drawings...and my land is paid for but the market to build right now is asinine. I've had the project quoted by five builders now and it's simply stupid the prices they are getting. I can literally buy two homes of similar specs for the est costs to build.

Obviously this could be very different regionally but I would encourage you to look deep into the costs to build custom in your area first.

**buying a spec home is still realistic (price-wise) here and it contributes to the bad juju I'm getting on the whole deal. It's not elevated labor or materials costs but rather the scorching demand for new. Builders simply have no motivation to dick with a custom and deal with the headaches. The demand for cookie cutter spec homes is just too great to screw around with a custom unless you're going to bury your bone in the buyer. I don't blame them... it's just the reality right now.

I'm thinking I'll sit on the land for better timing and just buy something for now. Haven't totally made up my mind but I'm damn close.