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How much do houses go for?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:17 am
by phillyidol
Medication881 gave me the idea. Houses in NY go for$400,000 and up. 3 years ago, my house was on the market for $250, now it is selling for $550,000! Insane! I only have a small bit of land. People move to NJ to get more for their money. But any place in the US is going to give you more for your money. How about you? How much land?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:03 am
by Sean
Pretty much the same here for CA.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:05 am
by MARV
.13 acres. Around the $1 million mark. Insane - and I bought for $387,000 less than five years ago. It's a three bedroom Colonial revival. I gutted and renovated the attic, the basement and now in the middle of my upstairs bathroom. It's all money, owning

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:06 am
by egg-roger
Here (North Ogden, Utah) they go for 200 - 300 for 3000 square feet on a third of an acre.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:23 am
by manekineko
Here in rural Maine the housing market is pretty affordable. My husband and I bought our modest home three years ago for $130,000. Since then we've put in a new kitchen and living room, with more improvements to come this summer, so the value has gone u

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:55 am
by medication881
Good topic, [b]Philly[/b]. Property is insanely cheap here in the St. Louis area, and you can get a beautiful brand new 5 bedroom home on an acre for about 200k. Average home prices fall into the 80-120k range. My house is "in the city", so I only have a

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:22 pm
by KYYX4ever
It's relatively cheap here, too. Our 1500 sq. ft. house, with about 7500 sq. ft. of yard, cost us $113,000 5 yrs. ago, and we're in the center of town (not downtown, tho). New Mexico is cheap, but wages are sucky low here, too. On the edges of town, new h

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:28 pm
by Jimbo
950K for a 1200 SQ Ft 2+2 Condo in Coronado.
Houses (decent ones anyways) are about 2.5+ here on the Island.
I live in the slums of Coronado. [V]

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:05 pm
by Jason²
Wasn't too pricey when i bought it - but here in Beachwood Canyon (that'd be in Hollywood, CA - the area where that rather famous sign is located) prices have more than doubled in 5 years. 2,500 square feet will set you back a cool million (and no, we did

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:57 pm
by Oslo
Its quite ecpensive in Europe as well. I`m living in the suburbs of our capital in a little house in chain. I gave 450 000 US dollars for it 1/2 year ago, now its worth 500 000 !

By moving out in the countryside the same house would cost me about 150 0

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:33 pm
by Bitter Almonds
Hmmm. Orange and San Diego counties in CA. Depends where at, but it's still gonna cost ya [B)]

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:44 pm
by mygreen
I am in the same boat as Kimiiii and KYYX. I bought my house for a modest price of 100,000 and I made some home improvements through the years. I have a 3 bedroom, 2 bath 1 fenced in acre with swimming pool and now the value as increased to 130,000 in ju

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:17 pm
by ekahob
Salt Lake City is the most undervalued market in the U.S. according to a story on CNBC today.

[b]The hottest housing market: Vegas[/b]

[i]If you want to find a good deal, you're going to have to go to places like Salt Lake City, Memphis, Tenn., or M

PostPosted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:11 pm
by marie3
On Long Island where I live, a fixer upper starts at $400,000. for a basic cape 60 by 100 property. I would love to know what everyone is paying in taxes. The taxes here on Long Island are BAD. When I bought my house 11 years ago, the taxes were $3400

PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:13 am
by red x red
We're in an area of Salt Lake City where 70 year old homes are going from $450,000.00 to $650,000.00. Its absolutely insane. We paid $180,000.00 in 1998.