Homes at Hillshire range from the mid-$700,000s to the $900,000s. 

What exactly goes into homebuilding costs, and how do those costs translate to profits for builders — and home prices for buyers?

Westlyn, a 29-home community coming to Winder, follows the launch of Cotton Creek, a 22-home development in Good Hope. 

The $560 million development will replace the former State Farm Insurance office campus. 

The development, Sugarloaf Crest, will bring 67 stacked townhomes to market across the street from the builder’s other build-to-rent community, Sugarloaf Landing. 

The new neighborhood, Cotton Creek, will bring 22 single-family homes to the area. 

The median-sales price slid from $425,600 in October to $402,600 last month. 

Stanley Martin Homes is building a mix of two- and three-story homes on a 17.1-acre parcel, known as Sugar Creek. 

The first 40 of the community’s 90 homes are now available for purchase. 

Union Green was developed by Charleston, South Carolina-based Woodfield Development. 

The Cottages at Dawsonville will offer 195 single-story homes. 

The investor, Advantage Capital, used more than $53 million in state low-income housing tax credits to finance the communities. 

The luxury community features a mix of detached homes and townhouses priced from $1.3 million. 

The Traton Homes development, Townes at South Main, offers 44 units priced from the high $400,000s. 

Multifamily construction, meanwhile, rose on a monthly basis. 

Springside, a multifamily development in downtown Powder Springs, offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments across from Thurman Springs Park.