Comments on: What $300,000 + Will Buy You in Houston

By: Financial Freedumb - Sometimes it takes a little bit of dumb to achieve financial freedom. » What $300K Will Buy You In Honolulu, HI

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:31:28 +0000

[...] Houston, TX courtesy of AllThingFinancial [...]

By: Debt Free

Debt Free — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:42:25 +0000

You’ve no idea how nice that is for $300,000. I live in the Seattle area. If you’re lucky enough to live outside of the really expensive areas, you can still get a nice 30 year old, 3bd/1.75b, about 1700 sq ft, on a 10,000 sq ft lot, with a 2 car garage for that price. That home you’re showing in Houston would be around (depending upon the quality of the interior finishes)$600,000 – $700,000 around here.

By: Punny Money

Punny Money — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 02:14:58 +0000

[...] JLP over at AllThingsFinancial commented on the price of homes in Houston, TX–specifically, how much house $300,000 will buy you. [...]

By: debt monster

debt monster — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:09:28 +0000

I love in a Houston suburb. The prices in town are much higher than this house. This type of house you can get in the burbs. My house is a 2600+ 2 story house and I bought it 2 years ago for $180K. Housing prices in Houston are much cheaper than many other cities but yet Harris County is one of the richest counties in the country (on a top ten list that jsut came out).

By: Consumerism Commentary

Consumerism Commentary — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:31:47 +0000

What $300,000 Will Buy You In My Town

JLP from AllThingsFinancial unknowingly started a meme observing what $300,000 or so can buy in various locations around the country. Here’s what $285,000 will buy you in my town….

By: Mighty Bargain Hunter

Mighty Bargain Hunter — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:44:05 +0000

What $300k will get you in King George County

Following JLP’s lead:
For $300k you can get a 4-year-old house with just shy of 1800 sf, 3 BR 2.5 BA on under 1 acre.
Or, you can get a 50-year-old, 1000 sf, 3 BR, 1 BA house on the Potomac river.
Property taxes are quite low here — mine we…

By: DD

DD — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:09:16 +0000

Dang I’m jealous. Place is absolutely beautiful for that price.

By: Dus10

Dus10 — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:56:40 +0000

Wow! That is a little pricy, from my neck of the woods. In the metro Indianapolis area, you could probably get something like that for $250K, and maybe be spared some on the property taxes and the air conditioning. We run our air conditioner for about 4-5 months. However, we run our heater for 4-5 months too. We have a couple of months in the Spring and Fall where we can get by without anything.

I will have to do one of these too.

By: SingleMom

SingleMom — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:50:44 +0000

WOW – that’s beautiful! Something like that will cost close to million in my area.

By: Jared Allen

Jared Allen — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:42:14 +0000

“(give or take $15,000 for upgrades)” .. beware on this one, a house of that size makes 15k go up in smoke instantly. I’m closing Monday on a house in that price range/size in Phoenix AZ and we spent $30,000 in upgrades WITHOUT upgrading any flooring or countertops. Some things will just have to wait.