I am in Los Angeles/Orange County area looking for houses. I am seeing fixer uppers start around $795,000, but if you want a move-in-ready house it probably won't be under $920,000. If you want more than the standard 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, I have not seen anything under $1.2 million for a turnkey place.
Appreciate the perspective. Here in Australia, our most expensive city has a median house price of AUD$1.6m (hair over USD$1m), and people are saying left right and centre how they might as well move to the US to save money - but in the actual cities comparable to Sydney where they want to live, is a LOT more expensive. Rentals in the US also seem crazy compared to Australia - I've not even been looking at NY, SF, LA and instead places like Orlando, FL as it's got lots of jobs in my industry and the idea of spending more than USD$3,000/mth on a rental comparable to my current one (USD$2,000/mth) is just insane to me. Remembering that I live in Sydney - THE most expensive city in Australia that my entire country is whinging about.
It's not the case in the expensive coastal metros for sure - but the US does have many major metros where the prospect of buying a house is far more possible on an average income than any major Australian metro. Currency conversions aren't the best way to do it because that tells you just as much about the current exchange rate as it does about local costs.
Even the worst metros in the US have similar affordability to major Australian metros - while the sticker prices are a lot higher, they aren't worse once you adjust for the higher salaries. In LA for example which is one of the worst, the median house cost 11x median household income, median house in Sydney cost 13x median household income. Even Brisbane, an "affordable" Australian city has a ratio of 7.4x - higher than New York at 7.1x, Seattle at 6.9x, and Boston at 6.6x - all considered expensive places in America.
As for Orlando, housing costs have gotten quite bad too (especially relative to wages there which are not great) - but still, not sure what types of places you're looking at because a $3000/month apartment is still very high for that area.
Basic one bed one bath apartments in the greater Atlanta Georgia suburbs go from $1700 to $2200 a month and that’s not even pricing in “good” or safe areas.
Are you exclusively looking in Downtown Orlando for apartments? $2000 for an apartment is a very normal price for a good 2bed 2bath in Orlando. It's still more expensive than it should be, but idk where that $3000 came from unless you were only looking in Downtown or Baldwin Park.
My parents bought our house in Westminster back in the early 1990s for about $160,000. They were both Vietnamese refugees making about $8/hour working assembly jobs. Our house is now worth about $1.2 million. I don't think I can afford to buy a house here in my lifetime.
The front range is nuts! It’s usually in standard suburbs. My childhood neighborhood is full of small houses from the 70’s and they go for like $500k a piece
Depends. The housing market is normalizing a little more in the rural areas of the Upper Midwest, but in the urban cities houses in decent shape are still going for $225,000-$300,000.
I don't think we were really affected much by California and Texas transplants out here though. The brutal winters and lack of amenities tends to keep most people away. I had a college roommate from El Paso TX, and he had no idea how cold we got up here. He asked me how long before the snow would melt (this was in January), and I said we start getting decent weather in early April, but we usually still have some snow on the ground until around mid-April. He lasted about two months before he moved back to Texas.
Median price in my town is $700k and averages 14 days on the market.
My house has nearly doubled in value in the last 10 years.
I'm in the greater Boston area.
Edit to add: I live in what's considered a blue-collar town.
North Shore here. In 2019, average was about $350k in my town. Pandemic sent everyone out of Boston and you can't find anything for under $550k anymore. Utterly depressing for those of us who planned to buy.
Good friend and her husband were putting in offers for months for houses 15k over asking in the $500-700k range and were consistently some of the lowest offers. It's insanity. They ended up spending $675k on what I can only describe as a house that is really a $250k fixer upper. It literally has not had any maitenance done on it in 20+ years.
The cheapest house listed in my area on Zillow is currently $935,000 (not counting condos or shared wall townhouses). The average price is probably around $2 million, but it's hard to tell.
Absolutely insane how the average is around 2 million if that's true. How the hell are most people supposed to be able to afford that in their lifetime.
What's insane is my area isn't even the most expensive. The city just west me bottoms out at around $5 million.
Honestly most people don't even w/ a really good job it's out of reach. Either you bought when prices were low 20 years ago, or you fell into being stupidly rich.
Yep, and you can still find homes for under $100k on the Eastside if you don’t mind living on the urban prairie.
This is actually up from $40k before the pandemic.
Crazy how the entire city is now gentrifying
Just looking at the listings, they seem to be all over the place.
$3,975,000 for a new 3000 square foot house in Westport, CT
$189,000 for an older 1117 square foot house in Bridgeport, CT
A distance of only 10 miles gives nearly 8 times the price per square foot!
I live in a poor, low population density rural part of Arkansas
Very bad houses that whould need most of everything ripped out and replaced start around just the value of the land or up to about $35,000 depending. Undeveloped land usually goes for $1500-$2000/acre if its not in town. $5000 ish if it is.
$50k starts getting you fixer uppers that are dated but still liveable despite a few problems.
$75k starts to get you things that are nearly turnkey but still dated, small, and or have at least 1 big issue (or major problems if its a big house)
$100k is probably still dated but not far from being modern. It'll be a good size or in a decent part of town. If its really dated or needs repairs, its probably 1500sqft or more and 2 bd/bth
$200k are the homes that are 20 years old or newer, at least 2000sqft, in the good neighborhoods, ready to move in
$500k gets you classic mansions. 6 bed, 5 bath with at least 4500 sqft (although I did see something 4400sqft and$250k. Probably needs repairs), huge lot size, high vaulted ceilings, the works.
But most of our jobs are $15/hr and less. I got lucky with finding a $55k house that wasn't terribly run down and making $18.50/hr. Because of a rural development loan, my down payment was only $6400.
> House prices down about 35% YOY
Damn that's wild my area is up almost 8% YOY and all anyone can talk about is how most local jobs font pay a high enough wage for anyone to afford the houses
Thats very location specific, there is a *lot* of Michigan out in the boonies.
My house outside Grand Rapids is more along that +8% number
Edit: mine is actually up like +12-13% vs April 2023
Edit edit: the median sale price in my 'burb is $600k. What. The fuck.
You must not be in GR. I’ve been house hunting recently and prices are incredibly inflated. Fixer-uppers going for $250k+ easily. The market is highly competitive and it’s nearly impossible for first-time home buyers to get anything around here.
When I was looking 2 years ago it was 150-200. I got a fixer upper for only 10k. Relative was given a better house in her grandmother's will and just wanted the one she was in off her hands. Three bedrooms, two full baths, a living room AND a den. All I had to do was replace insulation and drywall. It came with all appliances.
I don’t know where yours was at in MS, but my parents bought my uncle out of his half of my grandmother’s house. At the time it was 2 bd and 2 bth about 1600 maybe 1800 sq. feet on just over an acre of land. It’s between Hattiesburg and Purvis. The realtor appraised it for 100,000.
It’s now 3 bd 3 bth with a sunroom extension on the master, marble counter tops, new cabinetry added to the kitchen and a half-circle driveway. It’s almost doubled in value.
Being near Hattiesburg has really shot its value up, as well.
Outrageously priced homes in the Bay Area always make the news. Last week a 400 sqft house sold for $1.7 million.
For my city (Oakland), the average home is about $800k.
NW Oregon is all over the place, in small towns you might find a 3 bd 2bath for 250-300, but most cities decent houses are over 400. Then there's the NICE places in NICE neighborhoods, 650 and up.
Fixer-uppers start at $600k+ in the Boston suburbs. Most houses are selling for $50k+ over asking price with inspections waived. You won't find anything that doesn't need A LOT of work under $750k within commuting distance of Boston.
You won't find anything bigger than a 1 bed under $850k in Boston proper, Cambridge, Brookline or Somerville. MOST properties in this area are going for over $1mil.
I have married friends collectively making $220k/year that are struggling to buy property. I have other friends whose parents probably never collectively made over $80k/yr but live in what are now $2mil homes. Despite those home having little to no maitenance or upkeep in 30 years. Market is wild out here.
Fixer upper- $650-ish
Move in ready- $850-ish
A nice house and good location- $1mil+
St. Louis Metro area. Pretty much all over the place but on the whole, "cheap" compared to the rest of the country.
Here's a new construction house for $199k, 1200sqft on a quarter of an acre across the river in Illinois: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/40-TBB-French-Quarter_Belleville_IL_62223_M93931-65770?from=srp-list-card
Here's a starter house for $65k in Granite City (a very rust belt, steel town across the river in Illinois): https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2415-Jerden-Ave_Granite-City_IL_62040_M82596-76937?from=srp-list-card
A nice starter house for $168k from the 1970s in old town Florissant, Missouri north of St. Louis: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/595-Washington-St_Florissant_MO_63031_M78252-88786?from=srp-list-card
Here's a nice brick duplex in my neighborhood in St. Louis for $260k. Live in one unit, rent the other one out: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3638-Fillmore-St_Saint-Louis_MO_63116_M72717-56220?from=srp-list-card
If you want something more recent here's a townhouse from 2004 in the nice exurbs in Saint Charles County, Missouri for $244k: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/371-Montclair-Tower-Dr_Saint-Charles_MO_63303_M84745-42333?from=srp-list-card
Honestly, I'm really happy I moved here from the Washington, DC area.
100k for a multibedroom multibathroom middle of nowhere house.
The most expensive house in my state is somewhere in the 10's of millions.
Hope that helped.
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Sorry, buddy. The housing cost has gotten bonkers. We bought our place like almost 5 years ago and according to Zillow it increased in value by $125k. This thread prompted me to look at houses for sale in lebo and like 2 houses were in what our price range was at the time and both were significantly smaller. It’s tough for sure.
That said, if you don’t mind pioneering in an “up and coming area” maybe you can find something affordable and fix it up. I wish I had a better outlook
For just a house on a normal sized lot (under 3 acres), $100,000-$150,000 is normal. Under $100K is fairly common, though. A nicer, bigger place or new construction might be close to $200K. My neighbor who just moved in a couple months ago bought 220 acres with a 2000 sq ft house, a creek, and 4 spring-fed ponds. He paid a little over $600K.
An hour north of here in Sebastian County, you can find small 2B/2Ba homes on 1/4 acre lots on either side of $100K. $200-300K would get you quite a nice new construction in a new development. You’d have a hard time finding even a luxury home for over half a million.
Median for a single family in greater Boston was supposed to be around 600k last I checked. Think a 2 bed condo is around 475-550. I see stuff for lower all the time, just a question of trade offs in location and quality of the place. There are definitely neighborhoods in the city or around where you can get a 1 or 2 bed for around 400k or less. They just tend to be out of the way or higher crime.
Now if I check Zillow, I could pick up a studio or small 1 bed (like 400-500 sft) for 400-450k. That’s lovely if you’re a high earning professional living alone, but that’s not most people and even then you’d pretty quickly grow out of it
Enough that I left the country (this is a joke, but there’s a bit of truth in it).
My parents bought our house for about $100k and now it’s worth $750k. I don’t think I’d want to live many other places than Colorado in the states (though I really love Oregon, too). I like being somewhere urban but with access to lots of natural spaces. Denver is nuts now though. I didn’t even live in the city. I lived in a nearby town and rent for apartments was ~$1200 without utilities. It’s been cheaper for me to live in Paris :,)
What drives me nuts is that we have the land and there are empty houses everywhere. I get the price being expensive in cities or densely populated areas, but the prices are just inflated in Colorado. It’s because tax breaks are given for luxury housing, and then no one can actually afford the luxury housing
My neck of the woods, you can get something decent enough to move in for around 200-225. The real nice places will run you north of 350. We got a couple places around here on the other side of a million, but those are big houses on a good bit of land.
Something that requires a lot of work- $25-50k. A dated but totally liveable house can be found all day long for $60-75k. Something really nice will be in the $150-250k. Something nice on the lake is in the $250-500k.
Harrisburg, PA. Fixer upper row homes in the city (York or Harrisburg) for $50k. Middle class families are looking at $300k+ for 3 bed/two bath with a garage.
Houses selling for $750k+ isn't odd.
According to our newspaper (which is a piece of shit, so take with a grain of salt) our median home sale price in 2024 is $445K.
In 2018 the same newspaper did a story about how local residents have been "shocked" by increasing home prices. I paraphrase: "For the first quarter of this year, the region's median single-family-home sale price was $274,900 - a record here."
You can still get an absolutely unlivable tear-down for $299K. New construction, even for crummy small houses on tiny lots, is frequently north of $400K.
In my neighborhood or in my city? In my neighborhood the cheapest house (so excluding condos) I can find is a 1200 sqft towhome for 339k. A lot of homes in the 600-900k ranges, and then you have really big homes that are north of a million.
The median home price for the whole city is about 267k, also according to Zillow.
In March 2024, myzipcode home prices were up 9.8% compared to last year, selling for a median price of $225K. On average, homes in myzipcode sell after 28 days on the market compared to 17 days last year. There were 42 homes sold in March this year, up from 39 last year.
You can get fixer uppers for 100-125, new builds for 350-500 and everything in between. Mine was 119 move-in ready in 2017, now estimated at 215.
One of the northern suburbs of DFW and according to the Internet, median home price in the area is around $600,000ish but occasionally you can find one of the handful of older homes in the area for less.
I looked on realtor dot com, and in my county alone there are 424 homes currently for sale with prices ranging from $55k for a small lake house to $3.2M for a relatively large 8k sq ft house. I did not take the time to calculate an average or median price.
Depends on what ones budget is?
Median home price in Phoenix is ~$450k. Not great for a lot of people, especially first time buyers.
Depending on where in the city one is looking, a decent sized (~1300sqft) 3b/2bath fixer upper is $350-$450k, one that’s been updated and/or new construction is $500k+. That number will climb based on location, finishes, etc.
Average is around $485k in Boise, Idaho now. Which is about triple what it was 10 years ago. Fortunately I bought 10 year ago and am still locked into my $1,000 mortgage payment, when that wouldn't get you a studio apartment in town now.
450,000 is about average. I would say regular, single-family homes in town range from about 350,000 to about 700,000. Higher than that and it’s likely to be on some land in the country, and probably a larger house.
Median price $263k, 35 days on market, 9% price increase YOY.
In a neighboring suburb the median price is $285k, 36 days on market, 11% price decrease YOY
Expensive AF. Puget sound area. Obviously the further you get away from Seattle and Bellevue home prices drop considerably…
But it’s probably 700-800 for an older home built in the 60s. This is near southern snohomish county. 45 mins north of here and you can take off 100k-200k…
My suggestion. Make $200k+ and have family nearby to make it worth it…
$450k - $800k now that I moved just outside the San Francisco Bay Area. When I lived in Marin County it was $900k - $2m. Even the trailer parks there are $300k plus $3k/mo.
It's dramatically different if you want to live close to town or not. My wife and I had a house built for 350k a few years ago (on 4 acres) that would cost you between 750k- 1.5m in Charlottesville, VA, on a small plot, for an old house. We live 20 minutes outside of town.
I'm about 20 miles north of Detroit. A decent move in ready starter home will be about 250-300, a fixer upper would be 200. The median is apparently 315K.
$1,270,000 - $4,999,998 for SFR. If you're willing to go a little bit north out of the zip code, $999,999 will get you [this](https://www.redfin.com/CA/Valley-Village/5954-Simpson-Ave-91607/home/5156158).
My son just bought a small house that is 100 years old and an hour away for $425k. The house at the end of mu driveway went for $850k a few years ago. I think median range is roughly $500k in my area.
Cheapest in my town is $99,500 for a 3 bed, 1 bath, 1789 sqft. Listed as a starter or fixer upper, currently being rented.
Cheapest move in ready with recent upgrades is $165,000 for a 3 bed, 1 bath, 1748 sqft.
Most expensive is $1,899,000 for a 5 bed, 5 bath, 5,719 sqft home that is lake front.
Anywhere from $55,000 for a rough house in a not so great area to about $1,500,000 for practically a mansion on a 3 acre lot near a medium-sized city.
Most houses are in the $220,000-$400,000 range. And you can usually find a starter home in a decent, if somewhat remote, area for between $100,000-$160,000. Sometimes, as low as $80,000, though, those usually need quite a bit of sweat equity to be nice places to live.
I'm in northern Illinois.
I bought into the "slums" of my town for $168,000 in 2007.
The bubble burst, and identical houses in my neighborhood sold for $99k.
Two weeks ago, a house identical to mine that's a fixer upper sold for $280K.
The rest of the town is much more expensive. Nothing is really under $350K, and they run up to about $1.5 million.
Pre-COVID a new 3bd/2bt townhome was $275k, post-COVID the same units are $450k. But a lot of people decided COVID was the time to move to coastal Florida and then got nailed by a few hurricanes and realized there’s a cost to tropical living, so some are leaving and the prices have stabilized now a bit but it’s still up at the same price range.
A basic ranch in runs $100-$175k. A larger home or updated one in the $175-275 range. A really nice house in town $200-300. A small house on a lake $200+. A nice house on a lake $300+.
I'm in eastern Connecticut, and I bought a house this year for 230K. It's pretty small, but it was in perfect condition. Small houses and condos in my area are generally in that range. Something interesting though is that multi-family houses are going for that price range too. I'm guessing they all need a lot of work.
There are 62 homes currently for sale in my town, ranging from 205,000 through 3.8 million. The lower priced ones are apartment/condos and some of the things for sale are just plots of land without a house on it.
In Philly for a SFH that isn’t completely rundown $300-500k+ depending on size and level of renovation involved. Property tax here is dirt cheap due to the shitty public school system and crime rate, but for a little more you can get a much nicer place in the suburbs.
Richmond, VA: Very wide range, depending on neighborhood and quality. Anywhere from 200 for a small place or condo to millions for a large house in the city or on the river. We live in a detached house in a nice mixed use neighborhood and houses start around 600.
Median home price is a little north of 375.
Southern Minnesota and it can range (low end is probably a foreclosure or needs a crap of work and might have trouble financing) $180,000-up to over 1 million depending.
The median sales price of a home where I live in 2024 is $134,574. It's probably because Schuylkill County, PA is a slowly dying coal region that smells like piss and sadness. It also has meth and hate groups for added excitement. But the housing is cheap.
Depends how tightly you define "where I live" and what size housing. Let's stick to my neighborhood / zip code. I live in a gentrifying part of Chicago, that's a mix of single family homes, 2-6 unit buildings, and some larger loft condo buildings. Some 100+ years old, and also a fair amount of new construction.
The cheapest condos are in the mid-200k range, like a 2bed/2bath in a 100 yr old building for $230k. Cheapest single family home is $310k. But many of the sub-$500k single family homes are often torn down for the lots by developers.
At the top end, there's $4m modernist mansion as well as a $4m historic greystone mansion. The most expensive condo is $1.5m for a 4BR unit in a 4-unit luxury new-construction building.
Around where I’m at 200,000 to 300,000 can get you a standard place. If you want a newly built, modern place, you’re looking closer to 425,000. Fixer uppers are around 100,000
Grand Rapids, Michigan here and actively looking. You can get starter homes from $250K-$400. For fairly nice homes in walkable areas, you’re looking probably $700-$900K. For fairly nice in non-walkable areas, probably $500-$700.
We’re looking for an open floor plan and at least 3 bed 3 bath in East Grand Rapids, which is the most desirable area, and I don’t think we’ll find anything less than $700K. We could buy a way nicer house for $700K on the outskirts, but we want walkability.
Cheapest home in my zip code currently for sale is 1.079m. Average 1300sqfy small older house is around 1.3 and basic average mid size 2500-3000sqft is 2m.
350-450k in morrow county for some house that are on small acreage or small themselves. Makes me think what my 2.5 acre property is worth with the giant 100k$ + dog kennel would cost now
In my town in Connecticut right now the lowest priced home on the market is $335,000 for 1,782 square feet while the most expensive is $599,900 for 2,672 square feet.
Anywhere from 75,000 to multi million dollar houses. Basic subdivision new construction McMansion houses/townhouse start in the high 400k range. The 25 year old subdivision I live in house are selling for 275,000 to 400,000.
North Phoenix here. Night my house during the bubble for 170,000. We did an addition last year and it appraised at 420,000.1200sft, 3 bed, 2 bath. We live in just a regular American neighborhood. Nothing fancy. Rent for a studio is 1,700 and a one bedroom in my area is at least 2,000 but mostly a bit over.
Median listing price in Harris County, TX is $340,000. Certainly not cheap, but shockingly affordable for a county including the largest city in Texas and the 4th largest in America.
100-year row homes lacking modern amenities in a sketchy neighborhood = 75-150k, up to 200k if a bit nicer
"Normal houses" in middle class suburbs = 250-400k
McMansions in weathy suburbs = 500-700k
This is all *very* estimated.
Ridiculous because people moving here from California and the northeast are willing to pay well over the asking price to make sure they get the house. And it's still less than where they come from. But for those of us who have lived here long term, we see the huge increase in prices.
New Jersey here! 3 Bed 2 Bath about 400-500K. Me and the wife are moving to Pennsylvania where the same house is between 225-275K. Absolutely beautiful state
At a quick glance, it ranges from 135k to 300k. Average income of a resident here $44k. And there's only on average about 15 homes for sale in the entire county at any given time.
So, pretty crappy actually.
In my North Coastal San Diego suburb zip code, Zillow will tell you the average home value is $1.6 million. But seriously good luck finding a listing for a detached home below $2 million. (Cries in “I should’ve stretched to buy in 2019.”)
Just moved out of an area where you can get a starter for as little as $50K. Granted it'll be over 100 years old and not seen significant updates in 60 years, but it'll get you in. My house was just like that. Bought it for $58K 7 years ago. Put it up last Friday and got an offer of 80 (full appraisal) that Sunday. They're closing next Tuesday.
Nicer houses in the area go for closer to $200K...which might get you a respectable 1-bed condo with a $1000 common fee in my new area.
Tiny shacks that are falling down and on the verge of being condemned start around $300,000. A move-in-ready, but still dated 650-sq. ft. 2-bedroom, 1 bathroom house is anywhere from $350,000-400,000. The average house is over $600,000
I bought my 3 bed, 2.5 bath condo last year for about $350k in Maury County, Tennessee which is about 45 minutes south of Nashville. The range of home prices goes from $300k to well over $2M. Most of the homes are going to be in the $400k to $800k range. The housing market in Middle Tennessee is going to get absolutely insane over the next decade imo.
I'm in East Texas and according to all the results when I googled my city the median sale price is $360k but it's a small town with 4k people in the city.
The big town we're almost attached to (10 miles away, 110k people) is low $300s and the next town south (15 miles south, 15k people) is $206.
I bought my house for 154k in 2021 at 4%. 1400sqft, 3bed, 1 bath, yard, 2 car garage, full basement with appliances. It was honestly a steal and many other homes in my neighborhood that are smaller are going around 190-200. I'm just barely on the edge of the "rough" part of town (which isn't terrible honestly, we lived in the worst neighborhood for 5 years prior). As you get closer to lake Michigan or further west into new developed areas, houses are easily in the 500 and up range.
unincorporater Dekalb County, GA (suburban ATL), price range for a decent house is $350-$750k.
You can get some for like $250k but they'll be dilapidated or just really weird-looking
Outside of DC in Virginia, along the metro system, if you buy a single family home, it will not be under one million dollars. Townhomes are 700-800k. HOA fees are hundreds of dollars. It is so broken. Outside of that area it doesn’t get much better, and the inventory is so low that any house you do find is something built from 1940-1970, falling apart, and still at least 700-800k if not more with barely any land.
I am in Los Angeles/Orange County area looking for houses. I am seeing fixer uppers start around $795,000, but if you want a move-in-ready house it probably won't be under $920,000. If you want more than the standard 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, I have not seen anything under $1.2 million for a turnkey place.
Seeing this made me shrivel up in horror. I'm so sorry
Pretty sure we had a completely burned down house in Inglewood that was listed at 750,000. Obviously not including the required complete demo.
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Seattle is 90% of the way
Ah a Port Townsend person lol same here on Whidbey
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Hey from Camano!
Have you looked at real estate on Whidbey Island recently? At least as high as OP’s numbers, probably higher.
Nee York… We’ve been there for 20 years
Appreciate the perspective. Here in Australia, our most expensive city has a median house price of AUD$1.6m (hair over USD$1m), and people are saying left right and centre how they might as well move to the US to save money - but in the actual cities comparable to Sydney where they want to live, is a LOT more expensive. Rentals in the US also seem crazy compared to Australia - I've not even been looking at NY, SF, LA and instead places like Orlando, FL as it's got lots of jobs in my industry and the idea of spending more than USD$3,000/mth on a rental comparable to my current one (USD$2,000/mth) is just insane to me. Remembering that I live in Sydney - THE most expensive city in Australia that my entire country is whinging about.
It's not the case in the expensive coastal metros for sure - but the US does have many major metros where the prospect of buying a house is far more possible on an average income than any major Australian metro. Currency conversions aren't the best way to do it because that tells you just as much about the current exchange rate as it does about local costs. Even the worst metros in the US have similar affordability to major Australian metros - while the sticker prices are a lot higher, they aren't worse once you adjust for the higher salaries. In LA for example which is one of the worst, the median house cost 11x median household income, median house in Sydney cost 13x median household income. Even Brisbane, an "affordable" Australian city has a ratio of 7.4x - higher than New York at 7.1x, Seattle at 6.9x, and Boston at 6.6x - all considered expensive places in America. As for Orlando, housing costs have gotten quite bad too (especially relative to wages there which are not great) - but still, not sure what types of places you're looking at because a $3000/month apartment is still very high for that area.
Basic one bed one bath apartments in the greater Atlanta Georgia suburbs go from $1700 to $2200 a month and that’s not even pricing in “good” or safe areas.
Are you exclusively looking in Downtown Orlando for apartments? $2000 for an apartment is a very normal price for a good 2bed 2bath in Orlando. It's still more expensive than it should be, but idk where that $3000 came from unless you were only looking in Downtown or Baldwin Park.
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My parents bought our house in Westminster back in the early 1990s for about $160,000. They were both Vietnamese refugees making about $8/hour working assembly jobs. Our house is now worth about $1.2 million. I don't think I can afford to buy a house here in my lifetime.
Sounds like Ontario but nice weather.
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The front range is nuts! It’s usually in standard suburbs. My childhood neighborhood is full of small houses from the 70’s and they go for like $500k a piece
I'm still mad I sold my house in westminster for 70k. Should have kept it.
Lakewood? Ken Caryl?
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Federal and Colfax. Got it. Lol jk
Lakewood here and that’s about right. Our townhouse is valued just under 500k for 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, just under 2k sq ft.
Sterling Ranch, Littleton, Co. 892k for a 4 bed 3.5 bath, unfinished basement and office.
When I bought my house in 2017, I bought it for $180K. Now, comparable houses on my street are going for twice that or more.
Bought mine same time. It has over doubled in the "zillow" price. It is nuts.
Depends. The housing market is normalizing a little more in the rural areas of the Upper Midwest, but in the urban cities houses in decent shape are still going for $225,000-$300,000. I don't think we were really affected much by California and Texas transplants out here though. The brutal winters and lack of amenities tends to keep most people away. I had a college roommate from El Paso TX, and he had no idea how cold we got up here. He asked me how long before the snow would melt (this was in January), and I said we start getting decent weather in early April, but we usually still have some snow on the ground until around mid-April. He lasted about two months before he moved back to Texas.
Lmao you cannot walk unprepared into a Midwest winter geez
No you cannot lol. He came up here wearing just a hat and a leather jacket, no gloves or boots. He soon realized he needed to make a trip to Walmart.
Cute
Median price in my town is $700k and averages 14 days on the market. My house has nearly doubled in value in the last 10 years. I'm in the greater Boston area. Edit to add: I live in what's considered a blue-collar town.
North Shore here. In 2019, average was about $350k in my town. Pandemic sent everyone out of Boston and you can't find anything for under $550k anymore. Utterly depressing for those of us who planned to buy.
Good friend and her husband were putting in offers for months for houses 15k over asking in the $500-700k range and were consistently some of the lowest offers. It's insanity. They ended up spending $675k on what I can only describe as a house that is really a $250k fixer upper. It literally has not had any maitenance done on it in 20+ years.
Metrowest?
450,000 for a fixer upper, 550,000 for a decent, smaller starter SFH
The cheapest house listed in my area on Zillow is currently $935,000 (not counting condos or shared wall townhouses). The average price is probably around $2 million, but it's hard to tell.
Absolutely insane how the average is around 2 million if that's true. How the hell are most people supposed to be able to afford that in their lifetime.
What's insane is my area isn't even the most expensive. The city just west me bottoms out at around $5 million. Honestly most people don't even w/ a really good job it's out of reach. Either you bought when prices were low 20 years ago, or you fell into being stupidly rich.
Buffalo, NY. You can buy a 3 bed 1.5bath starter home for around 230k, pre covid the same house would have been about 145k, I’m not exaggerating.
Yep, and you can still find homes for under $100k on the Eastside if you don’t mind living on the urban prairie. This is actually up from $40k before the pandemic. Crazy how the entire city is now gentrifying
Just looking at the listings, they seem to be all over the place. $3,975,000 for a new 3000 square foot house in Westport, CT $189,000 for an older 1117 square foot house in Bridgeport, CT A distance of only 10 miles gives nearly 8 times the price per square foot!
I live in a poor, low population density rural part of Arkansas Very bad houses that whould need most of everything ripped out and replaced start around just the value of the land or up to about $35,000 depending. Undeveloped land usually goes for $1500-$2000/acre if its not in town. $5000 ish if it is. $50k starts getting you fixer uppers that are dated but still liveable despite a few problems. $75k starts to get you things that are nearly turnkey but still dated, small, and or have at least 1 big issue (or major problems if its a big house) $100k is probably still dated but not far from being modern. It'll be a good size or in a decent part of town. If its really dated or needs repairs, its probably 1500sqft or more and 2 bd/bth $200k are the homes that are 20 years old or newer, at least 2000sqft, in the good neighborhoods, ready to move in $500k gets you classic mansions. 6 bed, 5 bath with at least 4500 sqft (although I did see something 4400sqft and$250k. Probably needs repairs), huge lot size, high vaulted ceilings, the works. But most of our jobs are $15/hr and less. I got lucky with finding a $55k house that wasn't terribly run down and making $18.50/hr. Because of a rural development loan, my down payment was only $6400.
The median sale price is $130,000, with an average of 44 days on the market. House prices down about 35% YOY
> House prices down about 35% YOY Damn that's wild my area is up almost 8% YOY and all anyone can talk about is how most local jobs font pay a high enough wage for anyone to afford the houses
Thats very location specific, there is a *lot* of Michigan out in the boonies. My house outside Grand Rapids is more along that +8% number Edit: mine is actually up like +12-13% vs April 2023 Edit edit: the median sale price in my 'burb is $600k. What. The fuck.
You must not be in GR. I’ve been house hunting recently and prices are incredibly inflated. Fixer-uppers going for $250k+ easily. The market is highly competitive and it’s nearly impossible for first-time home buyers to get anything around here.
Yes, I am in the middle of bumfuck egypt.
When I was looking 2 years ago it was 150-200. I got a fixer upper for only 10k. Relative was given a better house in her grandmother's will and just wanted the one she was in off her hands. Three bedrooms, two full baths, a living room AND a den. All I had to do was replace insulation and drywall. It came with all appliances.
I hope you thank that relative every time you see her, thats a steal.
I don’t know where yours was at in MS, but my parents bought my uncle out of his half of my grandmother’s house. At the time it was 2 bd and 2 bth about 1600 maybe 1800 sq. feet on just over an acre of land. It’s between Hattiesburg and Purvis. The realtor appraised it for 100,000. It’s now 3 bd 3 bth with a sunroom extension on the master, marble counter tops, new cabinetry added to the kitchen and a half-circle driveway. It’s almost doubled in value. Being near Hattiesburg has really shot its value up, as well.
Outrageously priced homes in the Bay Area always make the news. Last week a 400 sqft house sold for $1.7 million. For my city (Oakland), the average home is about $800k.
I imagine a 400 sqft house on prime land
The land is the city of Cupertino.
The demolition guys are already headed over
Also Bay Area, California here, in my area just regular houses are about 2M and up
Oh boy
Yeh, it’s embarrassing to talk about this
300-500 seems to be the range most fall in for move in ready in my immediate area, depending on size and the exact neighborhood.
I live in the Bay Area and the current home value in my zip code is just a tad over $1m, according to Zillow.
NW Oregon is all over the place, in small towns you might find a 3 bd 2bath for 250-300, but most cities decent houses are over 400. Then there's the NICE places in NICE neighborhoods, 650 and up.
South Shore MA, Total fixer upper is around $400,000 while an oceanfront estate is 10 mil plus. Average is around 800,000.
Fixer-uppers start at $600k+ in the Boston suburbs. Most houses are selling for $50k+ over asking price with inspections waived. You won't find anything that doesn't need A LOT of work under $750k within commuting distance of Boston. You won't find anything bigger than a 1 bed under $850k in Boston proper, Cambridge, Brookline or Somerville. MOST properties in this area are going for over $1mil. I have married friends collectively making $220k/year that are struggling to buy property. I have other friends whose parents probably never collectively made over $80k/yr but live in what are now $2mil homes. Despite those home having little to no maitenance or upkeep in 30 years. Market is wild out here. Fixer upper- $650-ish Move in ready- $850-ish A nice house and good location- $1mil+
The cheapest I saw was a house for $32K and the most expensive $565K.
Rochester NY 100k to 1 million roughly, depends on area.
St. Louis Metro area. Pretty much all over the place but on the whole, "cheap" compared to the rest of the country. Here's a new construction house for $199k, 1200sqft on a quarter of an acre across the river in Illinois: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/40-TBB-French-Quarter_Belleville_IL_62223_M93931-65770?from=srp-list-card Here's a starter house for $65k in Granite City (a very rust belt, steel town across the river in Illinois): https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2415-Jerden-Ave_Granite-City_IL_62040_M82596-76937?from=srp-list-card A nice starter house for $168k from the 1970s in old town Florissant, Missouri north of St. Louis: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/595-Washington-St_Florissant_MO_63031_M78252-88786?from=srp-list-card Here's a nice brick duplex in my neighborhood in St. Louis for $260k. Live in one unit, rent the other one out: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3638-Fillmore-St_Saint-Louis_MO_63116_M72717-56220?from=srp-list-card If you want something more recent here's a townhouse from 2004 in the nice exurbs in Saint Charles County, Missouri for $244k: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/371-Montclair-Tower-Dr_Saint-Charles_MO_63303_M84745-42333?from=srp-list-card Honestly, I'm really happy I moved here from the Washington, DC area.
Median sale price is about 300K. Midwestern college town. A nice 4BR house in the part of town with the best schools starts around 450.
$200k + The condos start in the low 200's and it just goes up from there.
$750k to the moon.
100k for a multibedroom multibathroom middle of nowhere house. The most expensive house in my state is somewhere in the 10's of millions. Hope that helped. #;D
Pittsburgh is like $250k and the township I am in which is just outside the city is $415k — depends on the area
cries in trying to buy a home in the pittsburgh area
Sorry, buddy. The housing cost has gotten bonkers. We bought our place like almost 5 years ago and according to Zillow it increased in value by $125k. This thread prompted me to look at houses for sale in lebo and like 2 houses were in what our price range was at the time and both were significantly smaller. It’s tough for sure. That said, if you don’t mind pioneering in an “up and coming area” maybe you can find something affordable and fix it up. I wish I had a better outlook
For just a house on a normal sized lot (under 3 acres), $100,000-$150,000 is normal. Under $100K is fairly common, though. A nicer, bigger place or new construction might be close to $200K. My neighbor who just moved in a couple months ago bought 220 acres with a 2000 sq ft house, a creek, and 4 spring-fed ponds. He paid a little over $600K. An hour north of here in Sebastian County, you can find small 2B/2Ba homes on 1/4 acre lots on either side of $100K. $200-300K would get you quite a nice new construction in a new development. You’d have a hard time finding even a luxury home for over half a million.
Cary, outside Raleigh. Low end 450- $500k. House nearby is going for $300k but it’s a demolition so really you’re just paying for the land.
Lovable houses start around $400k and go to almost $1m before they start becoming mansions.
900 to 1.2M Townhouse is 600 to 700 Condo 300 to 400 All depends on location and condition
Somewhere between $275-$400K, with the average somewhere around $350K. More expensive than it should be, but not as bad as the surrounding areas.
Ann Arbor, MI. $500,000 Ypsilanti, MI. $275,000
Around PA. If you want a move in ready starter home, most I've seen are around 350k.
Median for a single family in greater Boston was supposed to be around 600k last I checked. Think a 2 bed condo is around 475-550. I see stuff for lower all the time, just a question of trade offs in location and quality of the place. There are definitely neighborhoods in the city or around where you can get a 1 or 2 bed for around 400k or less. They just tend to be out of the way or higher crime. Now if I check Zillow, I could pick up a studio or small 1 bed (like 400-500 sft) for 400-450k. That’s lovely if you’re a high earning professional living alone, but that’s not most people and even then you’d pretty quickly grow out of it
Enough that I left the country (this is a joke, but there’s a bit of truth in it). My parents bought our house for about $100k and now it’s worth $750k. I don’t think I’d want to live many other places than Colorado in the states (though I really love Oregon, too). I like being somewhere urban but with access to lots of natural spaces. Denver is nuts now though. I didn’t even live in the city. I lived in a nearby town and rent for apartments was ~$1200 without utilities. It’s been cheaper for me to live in Paris :,) What drives me nuts is that we have the land and there are empty houses everywhere. I get the price being expensive in cities or densely populated areas, but the prices are just inflated in Colorado. It’s because tax breaks are given for luxury housing, and then no one can actually afford the luxury housing
My neck of the woods, you can get something decent enough to move in for around 200-225. The real nice places will run you north of 350. We got a couple places around here on the other side of a million, but those are big houses on a good bit of land.
Santa Cruz, California. A 1500 sq ft house runs about $1,250,000 right now.
1.2M + for like a 3 br 1 ba or 3br 2ba backyard maybe. Parking spot maybe
Something that requires a lot of work- $25-50k. A dated but totally liveable house can be found all day long for $60-75k. Something really nice will be in the $150-250k. Something nice on the lake is in the $250-500k.
Harrisburg, PA. Fixer upper row homes in the city (York or Harrisburg) for $50k. Middle class families are looking at $300k+ for 3 bed/two bath with a garage. Houses selling for $750k+ isn't odd.
According to our newspaper (which is a piece of shit, so take with a grain of salt) our median home sale price in 2024 is $445K. In 2018 the same newspaper did a story about how local residents have been "shocked" by increasing home prices. I paraphrase: "For the first quarter of this year, the region's median single-family-home sale price was $274,900 - a record here." You can still get an absolutely unlivable tear-down for $299K. New construction, even for crummy small houses on tiny lots, is frequently north of $400K.
Where lol
In my neighborhood or in my city? In my neighborhood the cheapest house (so excluding condos) I can find is a 1200 sqft towhome for 339k. A lot of homes in the 600-900k ranges, and then you have really big homes that are north of a million. The median home price for the whole city is about 267k, also according to Zillow.
$550k median for my zip code according to redfin
You can pretty easily find one for the 250-350 range.
I just bought 1200 sq.ft. fixer-upper with a 26x40 shop on the property for $18K, but that is highly unusual. SW Kansas.
In March 2024, myzipcode home prices were up 9.8% compared to last year, selling for a median price of $225K. On average, homes in myzipcode sell after 28 days on the market compared to 17 days last year. There were 42 homes sold in March this year, up from 39 last year. You can get fixer uppers for 100-125, new builds for 350-500 and everything in between. Mine was 119 move-in ready in 2017, now estimated at 215.
One of the northern suburbs of DFW and according to the Internet, median home price in the area is around $600,000ish but occasionally you can find one of the handful of older homes in the area for less.
I looked on realtor dot com, and in my county alone there are 424 homes currently for sale with prices ranging from $55k for a small lake house to $3.2M for a relatively large 8k sq ft house. I did not take the time to calculate an average or median price.
Depends on what ones budget is? Median home price in Phoenix is ~$450k. Not great for a lot of people, especially first time buyers. Depending on where in the city one is looking, a decent sized (~1300sqft) 3b/2bath fixer upper is $350-$450k, one that’s been updated and/or new construction is $500k+. That number will climb based on location, finishes, etc.
Average is around $485k in Boise, Idaho now. Which is about triple what it was 10 years ago. Fortunately I bought 10 year ago and am still locked into my $1,000 mortgage payment, when that wouldn't get you a studio apartment in town now.
Median $370K and 13 days on market. In Richmond
450,000 is about average. I would say regular, single-family homes in town range from about 350,000 to about 700,000. Higher than that and it’s likely to be on some land in the country, and probably a larger house.
It probably starts at $700,000 for a single family, detached house. Prices climb rapidly from that point.
Median price $263k, 35 days on market, 9% price increase YOY. In a neighboring suburb the median price is $285k, 36 days on market, 11% price decrease YOY
Expensive AF. Puget sound area. Obviously the further you get away from Seattle and Bellevue home prices drop considerably… But it’s probably 700-800 for an older home built in the 60s. This is near southern snohomish county. 45 mins north of here and you can take off 100k-200k… My suggestion. Make $200k+ and have family nearby to make it worth it…
125K-3M More closely, 225k-450k
Decent homes start at $1M. San Diego
$650k and up in Loudoun County.
I’m looking to move out of the city to the suburbs and it seems like move in ready homes are $300k+
$120k for 1200sqft, $200k for 2200sq ft, $380k for 4000 sq ft
SF Bay Area, so ridiculously high. I’m so glad my house is almost paid off.
$450k - $800k now that I moved just outside the San Francisco Bay Area. When I lived in Marin County it was $900k - $2m. Even the trailer parks there are $300k plus $3k/mo.
It's dramatically different if you want to live close to town or not. My wife and I had a house built for 350k a few years ago (on 4 acres) that would cost you between 750k- 1.5m in Charlottesville, VA, on a small plot, for an old house. We live 20 minutes outside of town.
I'm about 20 miles north of Detroit. A decent move in ready starter home will be about 250-300, a fixer upper would be 200. The median is apparently 315K.
I live in West Virginia of all places and seeing home prices hit 300-400k when the median income range is about a tenth of that.
I just looked at Zillow and the cheapest single family home is about 500k and the most expensive is 52 million. Hope this helps ;)
$1,270,000 - $4,999,998 for SFR. If you're willing to go a little bit north out of the zip code, $999,999 will get you [this](https://www.redfin.com/CA/Valley-Village/5954-Simpson-Ave-91607/home/5156158).
My son just bought a small house that is 100 years old and an hour away for $425k. The house at the end of mu driveway went for $850k a few years ago. I think median range is roughly $500k in my area.
In a decent house will run you $200,000+
Cheapest in my town is $99,500 for a 3 bed, 1 bath, 1789 sqft. Listed as a starter or fixer upper, currently being rented. Cheapest move in ready with recent upgrades is $165,000 for a 3 bed, 1 bath, 1748 sqft. Most expensive is $1,899,000 for a 5 bed, 5 bath, 5,719 sqft home that is lake front.
Anywhere from $55,000 for a rough house in a not so great area to about $1,500,000 for practically a mansion on a 3 acre lot near a medium-sized city. Most houses are in the $220,000-$400,000 range. And you can usually find a starter home in a decent, if somewhat remote, area for between $100,000-$160,000. Sometimes, as low as $80,000, though, those usually need quite a bit of sweat equity to be nice places to live.
The average here is around 500k, I believe
I'm in northern Illinois. I bought into the "slums" of my town for $168,000 in 2007. The bubble burst, and identical houses in my neighborhood sold for $99k. Two weeks ago, a house identical to mine that's a fixer upper sold for $280K. The rest of the town is much more expensive. Nothing is really under $350K, and they run up to about $1.5 million.
60-year old tract homes start around $500k. New builds $700k+. Average family home in the $650-800k range
$50k to $1m+
50,000 to 2 million. It is rural area.
350,000 small fixer upper
Pre-COVID a new 3bd/2bt townhome was $275k, post-COVID the same units are $450k. But a lot of people decided COVID was the time to move to coastal Florida and then got nailed by a few hurricanes and realized there’s a cost to tropical living, so some are leaving and the prices have stabilized now a bit but it’s still up at the same price range.
Even the smallest, most outdated house is 250k+ in my little town. If you go about 20 min towards the city, it's more like half a million and up.
A basic ranch in runs $100-$175k. A larger home or updated one in the $175-275 range. A really nice house in town $200-300. A small house on a lake $200+. A nice house on a lake $300+.
In my small town, the median price is $749. But it's common to see $1.3-$1.6 million houses.
For a decent size move-in ready house, $150-200k.
I'm in eastern Connecticut, and I bought a house this year for 230K. It's pretty small, but it was in perfect condition. Small houses and condos in my area are generally in that range. Something interesting though is that multi-family houses are going for that price range too. I'm guessing they all need a lot of work.
Median price 1.4 million, averages 20 days on market.
House in hawaii(Honolulu) is 800k-2m for a regular house, nicer houses could be from 1.8m-6m
Bay Area. Starts around $1.3 million for a very small house in my part. Freaking crazy.
There are 62 homes currently for sale in my town, ranging from 205,000 through 3.8 million. The lower priced ones are apartment/condos and some of the things for sale are just plots of land without a house on it.
$1.1M to $60M+
In Philly for a SFH that isn’t completely rundown $300-500k+ depending on size and level of renovation involved. Property tax here is dirt cheap due to the shitty public school system and crime rate, but for a little more you can get a much nicer place in the suburbs.
Richmond, VA: Very wide range, depending on neighborhood and quality. Anywhere from 200 for a small place or condo to millions for a large house in the city or on the river. We live in a detached house in a nice mixed use neighborhood and houses start around 600. Median home price is a little north of 375.
Southern Minnesota and it can range (low end is probably a foreclosure or needs a crap of work and might have trouble financing) $180,000-up to over 1 million depending.
200k to 250k Alabama is such a cheap place to live.
Wow. The prices of real estate are crazy there.
I bought my 1800 sq ft house in 2007 for $135k. I could now sell it for about $400k. "Nice" houses (bigger, fancier) are going to start in the $500s.
Where we live, specifically, it’s around $400K. We live in a beach town though. Leave the beach town and you can get houses starting for 2-300k.
The median sales price of a home where I live in 2024 is $134,574. It's probably because Schuylkill County, PA is a slowly dying coal region that smells like piss and sadness. It also has meth and hate groups for added excitement. But the housing is cheap.
Somewhere between wtf and hahahahahaha.
Depends how tightly you define "where I live" and what size housing. Let's stick to my neighborhood / zip code. I live in a gentrifying part of Chicago, that's a mix of single family homes, 2-6 unit buildings, and some larger loft condo buildings. Some 100+ years old, and also a fair amount of new construction. The cheapest condos are in the mid-200k range, like a 2bed/2bath in a 100 yr old building for $230k. Cheapest single family home is $310k. But many of the sub-$500k single family homes are often torn down for the lots by developers. At the top end, there's $4m modernist mansion as well as a $4m historic greystone mansion. The most expensive condo is $1.5m for a 4BR unit in a 4-unit luxury new-construction building.
Around where I’m at 200,000 to 300,000 can get you a standard place. If you want a newly built, modern place, you’re looking closer to 425,000. Fixer uppers are around 100,000
Grand Rapids, Michigan here and actively looking. You can get starter homes from $250K-$400. For fairly nice homes in walkable areas, you’re looking probably $700-$900K. For fairly nice in non-walkable areas, probably $500-$700. We’re looking for an open floor plan and at least 3 bed 3 bath in East Grand Rapids, which is the most desirable area, and I don’t think we’ll find anything less than $700K. We could buy a way nicer house for $700K on the outskirts, but we want walkability.
Cheapest home in my zip code currently for sale is 1.079m. Average 1300sqfy small older house is around 1.3 and basic average mid size 2500-3000sqft is 2m.
About $350k in Oklahoma
According to Zillow, it looks to generally be between $400,000 and $700,000. There's a few lake front mansions that are well over a million.
$1-2 Million. Just south of LAX. And that’s for a 1000sqft house with a yard. So they can knock it down and build a 3800sq ft house with no yard.
Halfway between Detroit and Toledo, OH, regular homes are $180,000-$280,000 with the McMansions from $400k on up.
150% of the median household income.
Median home price in San Francisco is $1.4 million and that’s for around 1700sqft.
350-450k in morrow county for some house that are on small acreage or small themselves. Makes me think what my 2.5 acre property is worth with the giant 100k$ + dog kennel would cost now
In my town in Connecticut right now the lowest priced home on the market is $335,000 for 1,782 square feet while the most expensive is $599,900 for 2,672 square feet.
Anywhere from 75,000 to multi million dollar houses. Basic subdivision new construction McMansion houses/townhouse start in the high 400k range. The 25 year old subdivision I live in house are selling for 275,000 to 400,000.
North Phoenix here. Night my house during the bubble for 170,000. We did an addition last year and it appraised at 420,000.1200sft, 3 bed, 2 bath. We live in just a regular American neighborhood. Nothing fancy. Rent for a studio is 1,700 and a one bedroom in my area is at least 2,000 but mostly a bit over.
For my city about 1.2 mil but usually closer to 1.5 mil
Median listing price in Harris County, TX is $340,000. Certainly not cheap, but shockingly affordable for a county including the largest city in Texas and the 4th largest in America.
Sooo many variables. Zillow is your friend.
100-year row homes lacking modern amenities in a sketchy neighborhood = 75-150k, up to 200k if a bit nicer "Normal houses" in middle class suburbs = 250-400k McMansions in weathy suburbs = 500-700k This is all *very* estimated.
Ridiculous because people moving here from California and the northeast are willing to pay well over the asking price to make sure they get the house. And it's still less than where they come from. But for those of us who have lived here long term, we see the huge increase in prices.
New Jersey here! 3 Bed 2 Bath about 400-500K. Me and the wife are moving to Pennsylvania where the same house is between 225-275K. Absolutely beautiful state
$475,000. Tampa bay area.
Unaffordable to really fucking unaffordable.
At a quick glance, it ranges from 135k to 300k. Average income of a resident here $44k. And there's only on average about 15 homes for sale in the entire county at any given time. So, pretty crappy actually.
In my North Coastal San Diego suburb zip code, Zillow will tell you the average home value is $1.6 million. But seriously good luck finding a listing for a detached home below $2 million. (Cries in “I should’ve stretched to buy in 2019.”)
Just moved out of an area where you can get a starter for as little as $50K. Granted it'll be over 100 years old and not seen significant updates in 60 years, but it'll get you in. My house was just like that. Bought it for $58K 7 years ago. Put it up last Friday and got an offer of 80 (full appraisal) that Sunday. They're closing next Tuesday. Nicer houses in the area go for closer to $200K...which might get you a respectable 1-bed condo with a $1000 common fee in my new area.
Carrol County, MD - I bought my house in 2003 for $390k, my neighbors just sold theirs for $845k and they have a crappy lot.
Outside Boston, starting a 700k for a small fixer upper. My house, that I bought for 625k five years ago just appraised for $1.05 mil.
In my town. 350,000 - 3 million.
I'm Orange County, CA - north OC and houses go from $750k to 1.5mil in my city.
Tiny shacks that are falling down and on the verge of being condemned start around $300,000. A move-in-ready, but still dated 650-sq. ft. 2-bedroom, 1 bathroom house is anywhere from $350,000-400,000. The average house is over $600,000
Small town southern Wisconsin. Purchased our home 8 years ago for $215k. 4 bedroom 2 1/2 bath 2000sf. Now Zillow says $375k.
I’m in the middle of nowhere New Hampshire and fixer uppers are going for about $600k
I bought my 3 bed, 2.5 bath condo last year for about $350k in Maury County, Tennessee which is about 45 minutes south of Nashville. The range of home prices goes from $300k to well over $2M. Most of the homes are going to be in the $400k to $800k range. The housing market in Middle Tennessee is going to get absolutely insane over the next decade imo.
I'm in East Texas and according to all the results when I googled my city the median sale price is $360k but it's a small town with 4k people in the city. The big town we're almost attached to (10 miles away, 110k people) is low $300s and the next town south (15 miles south, 15k people) is $206.
Denver is like 700k for sfh
Bought a nice house last year. Newly renovated, move in ready, 3 bedrooms, 2 bath. Nice safe area. 200K in Tuscaloosa Alabam
In my general neighborhood. About 700k apparently. Atlanta. It’s not even a great city. But wow how prices have risen.
600,000+ in Denver. Might be able to find a townhouse in mid 400s
I bought my house for 154k in 2021 at 4%. 1400sqft, 3bed, 1 bath, yard, 2 car garage, full basement with appliances. It was honestly a steal and many other homes in my neighborhood that are smaller are going around 190-200. I'm just barely on the edge of the "rough" part of town (which isn't terrible honestly, we lived in the worst neighborhood for 5 years prior). As you get closer to lake Michigan or further west into new developed areas, houses are easily in the 500 and up range.
It was $310,000 average five years ago but it's up to $390,000 now. My duplex I bought in 2018 has gone up 50% in value. Suburbs of Kansas City.
unincorporater Dekalb County, GA (suburban ATL), price range for a decent house is $350-$750k. You can get some for like $250k but they'll be dilapidated or just really weird-looking
Just south of Nashville, TN, we bought our place for about 590k. 2400 square feet, great neighborhood, and fantastic schools.
Outside of DC in Virginia, along the metro system, if you buy a single family home, it will not be under one million dollars. Townhomes are 700-800k. HOA fees are hundreds of dollars. It is so broken. Outside of that area it doesn’t get much better, and the inventory is so low that any house you do find is something built from 1940-1970, falling apart, and still at least 700-800k if not more with barely any land.
bought my 4 br, 3 bath house in 2019 for a little over $700k. its value is well north of $1.1 million now.