Average Home Prices?

[ks8829]

I live in San Francisco, CA and the average home prices are about $725,000 for a 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom home with about 1,500 square feet.

What is the average price home in your city going for?

[joshtpa]

Plummeting. With the exception of Las Vegas, the West Coast of FL has the home prices plummetting faster than any other city according to a recent study by the Wall Street Times (about 4 months ago). According to the San Fran. Sentinel the average home price where you are is $497,110 as of Oct 2007. Where I am it is about $312,000. But I really think that is skewed by how large the "tampa bay area" is. They are including, St Pete, Clearwater, etc...

[ks8829]

Plummeting. With the exception of Las Vegas, the West Coast of FL has the home prices plummetting faster than any other city according to a recent study by the Wall Street Times (about 4 months ago). According to the San Fran. Sentinel the average home price where you are is $497,110 as of Oct 2007. Where I am it is about $312,000. But I really think that is skewed by how large the "tampa bay area" is. They are including, St Pete, Clearwater, etc...

you can't find a decent home for $500k in SF, you might be able to buy a studio or one bedroom condo.

[joshtpa]

The article stated single family detached homes. But you never know what kind of sampling these papers are doing.

[ChiChiIsMe]

I live in San Francisco, CA and the average home prices are about $725,000 for a 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom home with about 1,500 square feet.

Not sure on the average, but our4bed 3bath 2800sqft home on 1 acre is approx 160-180K........I'm sure if would be worth over 1mil in SF.

[joshtpa]

Not sure on the average, but our4bed 3bath 2800sqft home on 1 acre is approx 160-180K........I'm sure if would be worth over 1mil in SF.

Holy crap. We have a 5 Bedroom 4 bath home and a little less land we paid just over 800k for it. And we are not anywhere near SF.

[ks8829]

Not sure on the average, but our4bed 3bath 2800sqft home on 1 acre is approx 160-180K........I'm sure if would be worth over 1mil in SF.

I want to move out to IL. hows the weather and the golfing?

[terp2007]

I'm in the DC metro area of Maryland. 4 BR 2.5 bath = 600K minimum

[Gummi Bear]

My folks just put their 2900 sf 4/3/2 on the market for $205,000

It's pretty well the median in their neighborhood.

The same house in a good part of Dallas would run ~$350k

My house is apartment sized. I bought it when I was single, and then got married, and now have a kiddo (it's REALLY cramped) I paid $40k for it 8 years ago, on 1/3 of an acre, and I'm right in the middle of town (1/2 mile from the university, 1/2 mile from the interstate, it's a great location)

[joshtpa]

40k for a home...I am so envious

[The Rambler]

4 Bedrooms and 2.5 baths cost $160,000. It's 15 minutes max from Presque Isle on Lake Erie in Erie PA

[redi630]

I want to move out to IL. hows the weather and the golfing?

This year has been tough. We started really late because of the long winter and the weekends this summer have not been great. The weekend of the 4th was nice but now it is getting hot and humid.

Golfing in the suburbs of Chicago is good but I wouldn't call it cheap. $50-$80 for a decent course. $90-$150 will get you good courses. I don't know what it's like golfing in Quincy though. Usually towns on the river have decent cheap courses.

[ChiChiIsMe]

I want to move out to IL. hows the weather and the golfing?

Played yesterday @ TPC Deere Run and it was Sunny and 85! Not sure it'll be so warm come January tho.

[ChiChiIsMe]

This year has been tough. We started really late because of the long winter and the weekends this summer have not been great. The weekend of the 4th was nice but now it is getting hot and humid.

Played my 1st round of the year in March. Down here it's $22 + cart for weekends on the best public around. The big difference is we have to drive a couple hours to get anywhere really swanky.

[CosmosMpower]

Plummeting. With the exception of Las Vegas, the West Coast of FL has the home prices plummetting faster than any other city according to a recent study by the Wall Street Times (about 4 months ago). According to the San Fran. Sentinel the average home price where you are is $497,110 as of Oct 2007. Where I am it is about $312,000. But I really think that is skewed by how large the "tampa bay area" is. They are including, St Pete, Clearwater, etc...

Tampa, St. Pete, Clearwater market is in the toilet. I was an account exec for FedEx in that area and over half the mortgage companies closed their doors along with any other industries that were affected such as building supplies, landscaping, architecture firms etc etc which in turn affects everyone even up to shipping.

Here in Dallas it's pretty reasonable, you can get a small 1,500 sq foot newish house (built after 2000) for about 175,000 all day long.

[CosmosMpower]

My folks just put their 2900 sf 4/3/2 on the market for $205,000

What part of DFW is your parents house in? Also where did you buy a house in DFW for 40K?

[Gummi Bear]

Arlington.

My folks are in southwest, I'm in central (near UTA)

The one compromise I made, and I regret, is it doesn't have a garage. Mine is a 50's frame house. Very simple structure. It had been a rental for 20 years, so it was pretty buggered up ("A handy man's delight!"). I was young, single, and needed a place to crash, and it was cheaper than the 1 bedroom apartment I had before.

[Lemay427]

My house - St. Louis, MO - 1750 square feet


I built this house for $200,000 with lot. Its probably worth $240,000 - $260,000, hard to tell in this market