Tell me what houses are goin for in your area!

The housing market in Virginia is finally starting to come to its senses but you still can't get a nice house with a yard in a good area for less than $250,000.00

And that's pretty much a little house in a little neighborhood.
If you want privacy with a nice house your looking at $350,000.00 and up.
There is actually a million dollar neighborhood just down the road here in the sticks. If you want to get into the city, the prices are better but who wants to live there? No yard, no privacy, you could hear the neighbor fart. No thanks. I was just wondering what the situation is around the rest of the country.

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Use www.zillow.com - they have some nice information. Heatmaps are the seksi.

my neighborhood is averaging about $295K - $450K

suburb of Atlanta )

Charlotte = expensive

Have you been listening to the buzz about the huge spike in foreclosures?
I was wondering where everyone was getting the jobs to get the money to have all of these huge houses in this area, but the truth was they didn't have the money. They were mortgaged up to thier eyeballs and now that the adjustable rate has come calling, no one can make thier payments.

My sister lives in Atlanta and my best friend lives in Charlotte and they are both broke. Not going there. The best prices are supposed to be in Texas, but who wants to deal with the rattlers and the fire ants?
I think we'll just try to find something around here since sellers have finally come to thier senses and have decided to actually list properties at a more reasonable starting point.

Is anyone really making enough money on here to support a house payment and all that? Seems like feast or famine from what I have heard.

North of Atlanta is the place to be )

We moved to Denver about 10 years ago from SanFrancisco where the prices were insane even back then. In the meantime, Denver's gone a bit crazy I think...It's hard to find a decent house for a family of 5 within the city limits for less than $700,000. And most houses which are over 40 years old are being torn down and huge multimillion dollar mansions are going up instead...and people are buying them!! My husband and I often wonder who these people are who can afford a $2-$3 mil house and still send their kids to private school (which all have waiting lists in this area). It's just insane! On the other hand, our house has appreciated [ic4bc775058]a lot [/ic4bc775058]so we'll be laughing all to the bank when we sell it next year. D

I live in Atlanta (actually inside the perimeter) most house near me are $500000 and up my house is only about $250-$300 but thats because we got it a long time ago for like $100000. I think if we sell in a few years we can get well over $300000

750k and more is a decent house with somewhat of a yard in the suburbs

Baltimore with a yard = expensive too. Our house is a brick rowhome and our neighbord sold theres for 248K

[quote2994215e58="tinkerjenn"]North of Atlanta is the place to be )[/quote2994215e58]

Yes Alpharetta is very nice, just as long as you don't have to travel GA 400 at rush hour.

Price in my neighborhood in in Lawrenceville are $150 to $180 - I live in a poor neighborhood, all my neighbors are illegal immigrants but very nice people. I would move but I'm about a $1/2 million in the hole right now.

[quote0cb4db3733="tinkerjenn"]North of Atlanta is the place to be )[/quote0cb4db3733]
Bingo. I live in the Dalton area. More millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the SE, unfortunately I'm not one of them.

I built my 3000 sq ft two-story Colonial on a .66 acre lot in 1998 for $207,500. Today it'll appraise for around $300K. For that size of house and the area though, it's great. I live in a suburb of Dalton, on a hill at the end of a nice little cul-de-sac, with woods behind and to one side (only neighbors on one side and across the street), with a beautiful view of the mountainside about a couple miles to the east of me. We're quite happy here.

After reading all your posts, I guess my husband and I are poor folk. We live in Northern Missouri. We bought a repo house a few years ago for $72,000 in one of the nicest neighborhoods in town. Most houses in my city go for for about $120,000 - $150,000. We look at the house we bought as an investment.

Vegas has gone down alittle bit. For example the house that we bought when we first moved here cost $800,000 we sold it for $500,000 about 5 months ago. The house we just bought appraised for $1.6 but we got it for $1.1 . All in all an okay house (about 1,800sf) starts at about 200,000-250,00 with a small yard but in a nice area.

Fort Wayne has extremely cheap housing compared to a lot of the country.

I just looked on Zillow and a house in Sycamore Hills, one of the nicest neighborhoods around, with one of the top 100 golf courses in the country is going for $420,000 at 4600 square feet and 4 bedrooms.

Another house in this area with 1800 square feet is going for $127,000.

$500,000 - $1,000,000+? P

[quote4eb3c73405="O4F-Manofice"]Los Angeles = expensive[/quote4eb3c73405]
Fixed

We have these tiny apartments that are $900,000 each, a normal house a bit on the small side goes for a bit less than a million.

Kidd what part of NYC you in?

[quote76ca64530b="A Hart"]The housing market in Virginia is finally starting to come to its senses but you still can't get a nice house with a yard in a good area for less than $250,000.00[/quote76ca64530b]

Where you live in Virginia? because I live in Virginia too and houses heres $500k+

[quote8b9f37a3a1="Big War Bird"][quote8b9f37a3a1="tinkerjenn"]North of Atlanta is the place to be )[/quote8b9f37a3a1]

Yes Alpharetta is very nice, just as long as you don't have to travel GA 400 at rush hour.

Price in my neighborhood in in Lawrenceville are $150 to $180 - I live in a poor neighborhood, all my neighbors are illegal immigrants but very nice people. I would move but I'm about a $1/2 million in the hole right now.[/quote8b9f37a3a1]

My friends dad lives in Alpharetta, I went to the Atlanta Zoo with him once and went back to their house when we were visiting her family in Marietta. His house was HUGE, in fact his guest house was like 4 of mine, hell even his orchid farm was bigger than my home. (sigh) He does botanical glass etching and is/was a Delta captain (International Flights Only)

diablo im in the suburbs right now.

bronxville to be exact.

Houses are beyond expensive around me...

I'm just up I-75 in Acworth/Kennesaw

Our house is on 3/4 acre, brand new 3750 SQ FT plus a full basement... we paid $267,000 just got appraised at $325,000

I ain't movin! I love my house. MINE MINE MINE!



Wait...what?

The condos in my neighborhood go for well over $800k, let alone the houses.

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Suffice it to say I'll be renting for another few years.

[quote2d6b1e7a45="tinkerjenn"]I'm just up I-75 in Acworth/Kennesaw

Our house is on 3/4 acre, brand new 3750 SQ FT plus a full basement... we paid $267,000 just got appraised at $325,000

I ain't movin! I love my house. MINE MINE MINE!



Wait...what?[/quote2d6b1e7a45]

I love driving around Kennesaw Mountain, home prices ther are outrageous but the homes are beautiful.

[quote8dd5f810b3="KeithA"]The condos in my neighborhood go for well over $800k, let alone the houses.

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Suffice it to say I'll be renting for another few years.[/quote8dd5f810b3]

LOL my area is cheap compared to that

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250-300k around my area ) for townhome (

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Which is exactly why we moved away from California!!

my fiance and I just looked at a 4 bedroom 3 bathroom, 3 story house for 125,000........the most expensive house we looked at was 560,000 but that was for a 5 bedroom (each with their own bathroom) 3 story house with a bar in the basement (and it had a 15 foot ceiling) and 2 huge living rooms......Man, thats the best part about living in North Dakota...Huge houses are really cheap;)

[quote905e833b8e="Lamif"][quote905e833b8e="A Hart"]The housing market in Virginia is finally starting to come to its senses but you still can't get a nice house with a yard in a good area for less than $250,000.00[/quote905e833b8e]

Where you live in Virginia? because I live in Virginia too and houses heres $500k+[/quote905e833b8e]

I am just outside of Roanoke. We want to move to Botetourt County, where both my husband and I grew up. Good schools and such, but since all of the apple orchards have been turned into Golf Course neighborhoods everything has gone up and been subdivided. No longer are the days of driving and seeing farm after farm. Now its snobby little subdivision after another. I just want some land and privacy! Not gonna happen unless I win the VA Lottery raffle!

[quote3ac4d82343="A Hart"][quote3ac4d82343="Lamif"][quote3ac4d82343="A Hart"]The housing market in Virginia is finally starting to come to its senses but you still can't get a nice house with a yard in a good area for less than $250,000.00[/quote3ac4d82343]

Where you live in Virginia? because I live in Virginia too and houses heres $500k+[/quote3ac4d82343]

I am just outside of Roanoke. We want to move to Botetourt County, where both my husband and I grew up. Good schools and such, but since all of the apple orchards have been turned into Golf Course neighborhoods everything has gone up and been subdivided. No longer are the days of driving and seeing farm after farm. Now its snobby little subdivision after another. I just want some land and privacy! Not gonna happen unless I win the VA Lottery raffle![/quote3ac4d82343]

Im going to Roanoke this weekend, lol.

My uncle brought his house in Orlando for under 400,000 like 3 years ago. Get this....5 bedroom, 4 bath, pretty big pool, a full size basketball/tennis court, and a huge back yard. That section hes living in is called "millionaire row" but what a freaking bargain for a house. Its probably worth 1+ million now.

My house(my mom bought it from my uncle^) here in Queens NY cost 500,000 like 5 years ago and now it values at around 1 million.
wow...talk about real estate these days.

Santa Barbara
1 bedroom apartment/Studio = $850-1100+/mo
Houses range from $500,000-2-3Million (highest i've seen been 7 million) and these arent mansions. Opera has a house she paid I think it was $50 million for down here in Montecito. If I were to own my own house it probably wouldn't be here.

Interesting, I was just looking this up the other day, All in my neighbourhood are 800+ Lots over 1mill. It's ridiculous, I'm never getting a house and it's the thing I want most...

I've never lived in a house. I guess if I buy one, it had better come with a super in the basement...

Perhaps I should start house.getstuff4free.org

Any takers? It might be a lot of refs.

[quote26e43f864d="Getstuff4free Kyle"]Perhaps I should start house.getstuff4free.org

Any takers? It might be a lot of refs.[/quote26e43f864d]Lol. Well, I think you might need to have a higher ref payout for that one ... I can't imagine getting the required 10,000 refs...It is hard enough to even get a few refs...

[quotede6774f95b="secondjob"]After reading all your posts, I guess my husband and I are poor folk. We live in Northern Missouri. We bought a repo house a few years ago for $72,000 in one of the nicest neighborhoods in town. Most houses in my city go for for about $120,000 - $150,000. We look at the house we bought as an investment.[/quotede6774f95b]

I'm here with ya. Capital of Kansas and my house is 185,000. But I have 6 acres and I can't throw a rock hard enough to hit my neighbors.... Love it, except dial-up.....

[quotede6774f95b="zillow"]We're sorry, but we have no home data for ZIP code 66618 yet. Please see our list of areas where we have data.[/quotede6774f95b]

University Park/Highland Park
400K (for a 2000sq ft) -2m is probably normal. Of course there are exceptions both higher and lower.

Come down to the Dallas area!!! Houses are priced pretty fair here. You can find a 2-3 bedroom house with a big yard for about $160,000.

This is interesting, i was going to make a thread the other day about how people are affording really expensive small houses or why they would even want to live there compared to the kind of house you can by for the same price in other areas. Are wages higher is places that houses are priced so freakn high? Like in California?

[quoteeffaeb8a28="UniPrize Media"]Come down to the Dallas area!!! Houses are priced pretty fair here. You can find a 2-3 bedroom house with a big yard for about $160,000.

This is interesting, i was going to make a thread the other day about how people are affording really expensive small houses or why they would even want to live there compared to the kind of house you can by for the same price in other areas. Are wages higher is places that houses are priced so freakn high? Like in California?[/quoteeffaeb8a28]

But the problem with Dallas is that I'd be surrounded by Cowboys fans. I don't know if I could handle that.

And to your second question, the minimum wage out here is higher and jobs do pay somewhat higher, but not at all proportionately to how much higher homes are. What are apartments like for some of you who live in really cheap areas? I'm paying $1,180 for a one-bedroom in a relatively good/quiet/safe neighborhood (or at least as quiet as you can get in Orange County). It's not Beverly Hills by any means, but it's no ghetto either.

Well, mine is appraised at 1.75 mil, completely overpriced, but, because the guy who owned it was an investment banker who got a low commission that year and he had to sell one of his homes, we got it for 800k.

[quotec38f907d0d="Getstuff4free Kyle"][quotec38f907d0d="UniPrize Media"]Come down to the Dallas area!!! Houses are priced pretty fair here. You can find a 2-3 bedroom house with a big yard for about $160,000.

This is interesting, i was going to make a thread the other day about how people are affording really expensive small houses or why they would even want to live there compared to the kind of house you can by for the same price in other areas. Are wages higher is places that houses are priced so freakn high? Like in California?[/quotec38f907d0d]

But the problem with Dallas is that I'd be surrounded by Cowboys fans. I don't know if I could handle that.

And to your second question, the minimum wage out here is higher and jobs do pay somewhat higher, but not at all proportionately to how much higher homes are. What are apartments like for some of you who live in really cheap areas? I'm paying $1,180 for a one-bedroom in a relatively good/quiet/safe neighborhood (or at least as quiet as you can get in Orange County). It's not Beverly Hills by any means, but it's no ghetto either.[/quotec38f907d0d]

Cowboys rule! Haha, I don't really care for sports, though (

You see, that is what I am talking about. Paying over a thousand for a one bedroom apartment, crazy! Down here you can find a really nice one bedroom for about $550. I pay $500 for a one bedroom. Stop wasting your money and relocate, unless you have a really nice job there or you think the weather is worth the money.

[quote3f33de0ac7="egyptianruin"][quote3f33de0ac7="A Hart"][quote3f33de0ac7="Lamif"][quote3f33de0ac7="A Hart"]The housing market in Virginia is finally starting to come to its senses but you still can't get a nice house with a yard in a good area for less than $250,000.00[/quote3f33de0ac7]

Where you live in Virginia? because I live in Virginia too and houses heres $500k+[/quote3f33de0ac7]

I am just outside of Roanoke. We want to move to Botetourt County, where both my husband and I grew up. Good schools and such, but since all of the apple orchards have been turned into Golf Course neighborhoods everything has gone up and been subdivided. No longer are the days of driving and seeing farm after farm. Now its snobby little subdivision after another. I just want some land and privacy! Not gonna happen unless I win the VA Lottery raffle![/quote3f33de0ac7]

Im going to Roanoke this weekend, lol.[/quote3f33de0ac7]

It's has started to get better here in good ol' VA. And from what I have seen all of you write, I shouldn't gripe. The last listing that we looked at has already come down $10 Grand. It is supposed to keep getting cheaper as all of the adjustable rates get adjusted! That's what's contributing to all of the foreclosures. But still, for a couple of high school educated kids, with kids, it's going to be hard no matter where we are.

[quotec33cf21972="gmario"]250-300k around my area ) for townhome ([/quotec33cf21972]

The problem In Broward right now is the amount of money you have to find to pay taxes. And the price of a little condo is the icing on the cake. I wanted to move this year, but I can't afford it. I'm renting.

[quoteeb72999552="Getstuff4free Kyle"][quoteeb72999552="UniPrize Media"]Come down to the Dallas area!!! Houses are priced pretty fair here. You can find a 2-3 bedroom house with a big yard for about $160,000.

This is interesting, i was going to make a thread the other day about how people are affording really expensive small houses or why they would even want to live there compared to the kind of house you can by for the same price in other areas. Are wages higher is places that houses are priced so freakn high? Like in California?[/quoteeb72999552]

But the problem with Dallas is that I'd be surrounded by Cowboys fans. I don't know if I could handle that.

And to your second question, the minimum wage out here is higher and jobs do pay somewhat higher, but not at all proportionately to how much higher homes are. What are apartments like for some of you who live in really cheap areas? I'm paying $1,180 for a one-bedroom in a relatively good/quiet/safe neighborhood (or at least as quiet as you can get in Orange County). It's not Beverly Hills by any means, but it's no ghetto either.[/quoteeb72999552]

Yeah, California's pretty crazy. My little bro lives in SanJose and pays more in rent for a tiny 2 bedroom 3rd floor with no elevator apartment than I do for my mortgage on a 4500sqft 5br/5ba house in Colorado...I just laugh at him! lol

[quote72f66d031d]Yeah, California's pretty crazy. My little bro lives in SanJose and pays more in rent for a tiny 2 bedroom 3rd floor with no elevator apartment than I do for my mortgage on a 4500sqft 5br/5ba house in Colorado...I just laugh at him! [/quote72f66d031d]


I could not even imagine how much it would cost to have that much room.

[quotea4231720e5="UniPrize Media"][quotea4231720e5="Getstuff4free Kyle"][quotea4231720e5="UniPrize Media"]Come down to the Dallas area!!! Houses are priced pretty fair here. You can find a 2-3 bedroom house with a big yard for about $160,000.

This is interesting, i was going to make a thread the other day about how people are affording really expensive small houses or why they would even want to live there compared to the kind of house you can by for the same price in other areas. Are wages higher is places that houses are priced so freakn high? Like in California?[/quotea4231720e5]

But the problem with Dallas is that I'd be surrounded by Cowboys fans. I don't know if I could handle that.

And to your second question, the minimum wage out here is higher and jobs do pay somewhat higher, but not at all proportionately to how much higher homes are. What are apartments like for some of you who live in really cheap areas? I'm paying $1,180 for a one-bedroom in a relatively good/quiet/safe neighborhood (or at least as quiet as you can get in Orange County). It's not Beverly Hills by any means, but it's no ghetto either.[/quotea4231720e5]

Cowboys rule! Haha, I don't really care for sports, though (

You see, that is what I am talking about. Paying over a thousand for a one bedroom apartment, crazy! Down here you can find a really nice one bedroom for about $550. I pay $500 for a one bedroom. Stop wasting your money and relocate, unless you have a really nice job there or you think the weather is worth the money.[/quotea4231720e5]

I live in one of the most expensive areas of the US. I've chosen to live there in part because of my job, in part because of my personal life, and in part because of the opportunities it affords me for recreation, culture and professional development. I am paid almost the same amount of money as where I grew up and worked for several years, but my cost of living was 20% lower, but I am happier here, and to me, that's worth the extra expense.

[quote6d47ed2971="A Hart"][quote6d47ed2971]Yeah, California's pretty crazy. My little bro lives in SanJose and pays more in rent for a tiny 2 bedroom 3rd floor with no elevator apartment than I do for my mortgage on a 4500sqft 5br/5ba house in Colorado...I just laugh at him! [/quote6d47ed2971]


I could not even imagine how much it would cost to have that much room.[/quote6d47ed2971]

My family is 7 people, and we have little over 4700 sqft with 3 bathrooms and 3 half bathrooms. It's such an amazing house considering it's literally right outside of New York City. 20 minute Train ride and I'm in grand central station. It's been voted one of the best places to live in the world.

Well we went out again today house hunting. I soooo don't want to be in a subdivision. There is a great big huge house at the end of our road, about a half mile away that has a par 3 hole on the property and they are asking 1.5 mil. That's nuts considering the average household income in this area is only about 60,000.

Everything in our price range butts up right against 3 other houses. Bogus.
I guess we'll keep lookin' for that needle in the haystack!
I would love to move to Texas, but then we'd have to battle the rattlers and the fire ants!!!! But you can get so much house for the money down there! It almost makes it worth it.

600k - 2 million average... Of course there are a few 4 million +

Lookout Mountain / Genessee, Colorado

I am in boca raton florida. Lets just say it will be a while until I can afford to buy a house here.

[quote7027242fd3="shortys408"]I am in boca raton florida. Lets just say it will be a while until I can afford to buy a house here.[/quote7027242fd3]

I luvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Boca Girls and Parkland 8)

really? boca girls? I go to school in orlando and I hate coming back here.

Yea man they were so sweet to me, i got taken shopping a lot of times o , and I love Orlando too I make a few trips back and forth with my friends from UCF 8)