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The price of a typical new California home includes over $18,000 in impact fees, utility charges, and land dedication costs, according to a survey taken by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Impact fees, which were initiated in California in the 1970s, have increased in four years (1983 through 1987) from $1,715 to $4,268 for typical new single-family homes, NAHB says. When building fees, utility fees, and other charges are added, the fees have increased in four years from $5,792 to $11,807 for a typical house. In addition to those fees, the cost of land dedications and reservations is now $6,819 per single family house, NAHB says. The survey, which compiled information supplied by 203 California home builders, did not gauge how much this