The most satisfactory way to learn the probable cost of a house is to
obtain estimates from one or more local builders. Approximate costs may,
of course, be obtained by comparing the proposed house with one built
recently in the same community, or rough estimates may be based on the
size of the house and typical unit costs for the locality.
Unit costs based on prices and wages prevailing in the spring of 1934 for
houses suitable for the localities were obtained for about 300 counties
by the Farm Housing Survey, A summary of the figures is as follows: