BF2S Forums House Prices

was looking on google _{(im from uk)} and i found this lol

http://www.housesunder300000.com/

yes, houses cost so much money....houses in nj that cost about 400k, but in texas you can get a 3 bedroom house for like 100k, my aunt bought a 3 bedroom house for under 100k

Our house prices are about $105/sqft.  So you'd get a 3 1/2 bed house with a yard in a decent neighborhood.

I know someone who moved from Corpus Christi, Tx to San Diego, CA.

House here: about 5000 sq ft, pool, tennis court, next to a golf course, includes membership - sold for $1.25M.

Bought in San Diego: 1700 sq ft, two bedroom.  $2.8M.  But is has a nice view apparently.

I live in 3,000 square foot house. 3 bedrooms with large Master suite(vaulted ceiling), 2 and half baths, Kitchen, Formal Dining room, Loft, Living Room, Laundry room, Entertainment room, 2 car attached garage, large deck on a 1 acre lot.

This cost me 135,000 (lot included) when i had it built back in 2001 and its for sale now for $239,000

I'm currently building a new house with a smaller lot that will be about 2,800 total square feet when finished for $165,000 to 172,000.

I live in the Midwest, United States. I am an architect by trade and, of course, designed my own houses.

Mong0ose wrote:

OK, I'm a first time buyer here in the UK, and as we all know house prices over here are just stupid at the moment, so i was wondering what my money would get me somewhere else, like the US for example

I'm looking to spend around £155k which i suppose is around $300k give or take - over here that gets u really nice 1 bed flat or a half decent 2 bed semi (in the midlands that is)

what r house prices over in the US like for comparison?

by the way this is purely hypothetical, I'm not looking to buy in the US or anywhere else

Unless you narrow down your search (e.g., city or state) you will not get a useful answer.  You can get a 2,000 sqft house in Michigan for less than $300k whereas in California that $300k will buy you a 1000 sqft (or smaller) house.  In NYC or LA $300k buys you a nice refrigerator box to sleep in...

Go to Realtor.com as an example for prices.

I'm actually actively hoping the Irish economy crumbles so that I can capitalise on the misery and buy a house! I have 100% job security which kind of helps...

Yeah in the states the price varies based on where the house is located not really on the size.
In Califfornia's Bay Area, a house in SF will cost you an arm and a leg, in Pleasent Hill, Concord area they are somewhat reasonable.  Pittsburg compared to Walnut Creek though is a HUGE difference. 100k in Pittsburg will buy you a decent 2 bedroom, 2 bath house with not much of a backyard, in walnut creek that 100k will IF your lucky buy you a 10 year old Condo.

House prices here have gone up a fuckload in the past few years.  Country average is 350K (USD250/EU200), but with a lot of regional/suburban variation, just keeps going up and up and up, nothing can really explain it.

glad to hear it's not only the UK that is messed up then

I'm from the UK... We had our house valued last year, turned out to be 300k...   not bad eh?

stkhoplite wrote:

I'm from the UK... We had our house valued last year, turned out to be 300k...   not bad eh?

Sell it and see what $600k would buy you in the states!

Mekstizzle wrote:

stkhoplite wrote:

I'm from the UK... We had our house valued last year, turned out to be 300k...   not bad eh?

Sell it and see what $600k would buy you in the states!

Note i'm 14