MemberAnother post got me thinking about the cost of homes around the country. Any bees live in an area where you can get a nice house for 125K? Preferably in a suburban/city area with decent schools…
MemberNOPE!
We’re in the suburbs outside of Seattle…so not even city pricing. An older single family home…perfectly acceptable for our standards…but probably would need some upgrading etc…would be at the very least 350k.
MemberHa I wish!
MemberYou can in my area. i bought 4 acres with a giant warehouse (converting for business), barn and 2 bed, 2 bath house for about 110,000. It is one of the reasons I live where I do, the low price of real estate
MemberOnly in places that would make a bulletproof vest a wardrobe staple.
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Memberno way! I live in Canberra the capital city of Australia. Here the minimum for a 1br apartment is 300k. A cheap 3 bedroom townhouse about 400k+. A decent 4 bedroom home on a small block 500k+. A family home in an established suburb on a large block 550k+. All in suburbia, not inner city, although being a small city even the outer reaching suburbs are a maximum 25 min drive to the city centre
MemberIs this USD? So that would be £80k. Lots of choice in my city (and our schools and shops are excellent!). You wouldn’t get anything near London though!
MemberNope not a chance!
You can’t even buy a condo for that here. I live just outside Vancouver,Canada.
MemberNope.
Here’s a US map. I’m in one of the dark orange states. And it’s just going to keep rising.
MemberNope, not even a parking spot in a garage in my neighbourhood.
Member@gingerbreadgirl: I wish! A nice house in a good school here runs about $350,000 – $425,000. And those are houses that would need *some* work to them. Blah, living on Long Island is so expensive.
MemberThey are hard to find. But, they do pop up every once in awhile.
MemberIf I went more inland and north I bet I could find a decent house for that price. As long as you got it on a recently logged lot, old trees cost so much money. Closer to where I live though, no way. A large portion of the land around here is owned by the state for parks and even some private conservations so private lots that have been and can be built on are pretty valuable.
MemberDepends on your idea of nice obviously, but yes. If you’re willing to hunt down and wait out a great short sale find, you could get something super decent for even less. I live in SW FL.
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