New construction, particularly spec homes, are but one alternative to finding a newer home to move into with a relatively short time until closing. Call or email us for a consultation today! Lot premiums, options not included in the base price of the homes, and price hikes due to brisk sales are not always factored into those amounts! Various builders price their products different ways, and there is no standard way of doing this...often it is a marketing choice of how to present the price of homes to buyers. Sometimes this is driven by rising costs of materials, labor, and land...you might pick up marketing materials with base prices and features printed, a plat of the community, and supplemental sheets printed and added/updated periodically for options as builders' costs increase. Also, the base price will increase, sometimes dramatically, from what you see in printed and internet ads, when sales are brisk. Print ad deadlines are as much as a month in advance of printing; things change a lot in a month! This is one reason why you might see one price range advertised, but when you visit a community, you are given another range.