If you have been getting hit by sticker shock every time you look at a prospective dream home where you are currently living, then maybe it is time you checked out the price tags on the exact same homes in North Carolina. When it comes to home building in North Carolina, everything is cheaper in this reflects directly on the final cost of a home. Land, labor, lumber, utility hookups, taxes and the list just goes on and on and these are all things that can cost up to half as much as they do in many other parts of the U.S.