My father bought a brand new 4 bdr rambler for $16K in the year 1967 while in TX. It was on a typical 1/4 acre lot in a large subdivision.
That price will not buy a car today.
Three elements pertained then as they do now - location, location, location.
Architecture and square footage play a large part as well.
You could most likely had a mansion custom built for $100K on the Outer Banks of NC.
a house cost $ 890.00 in 1997
It would cost about $129,269.71.
Average Cost of new house $5,750.00 Source: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1933.html
1000,000,000
Depends on location
2,000 - 5,000
@$2.00
Ordinary first-class stamps cost 6 cents in 1969.
Around $5000-7000 depending on model
$41.995
$5.00
10cents
$1.10
In the 1970s, a new house cost 234,00.00 In the 1970s, a new house cost 234,00.00 in the 1970s a house cost 234,00.00
it will cost exactly $10,000 to demolish a house
A house cost then was less than $1000.
You could get a house that cost 200,000 today, so a house could have cost about for 45,000