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Where you live, is a $400k house...

Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:30 pm
Posted by Zachary
Member since Jan 2007
1636 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:30 pm
... average, or middle class?

A starter?

Upper-middle-class?

Other?
Posted by dandan
Member since Nov 2007
4346 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:36 pm to
It’s a tear down or empty lot
Posted by Billy Blanks
Member since Dec 2021
3809 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:37 pm to
10 years ago- start of the luxury market.

5 years ago- upper middle

Today- very nice starter home or decent second home.
Posted by skewbs
Member since Apr 2008
2008 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:43 pm to
Nonexistent
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
15645 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:47 pm to
It’s a normal middle class house. 4 bedroom 2 bath. 2000 sq feet

With rising interest rates that price range is quickly becoming upper middle class
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75221 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 7:48 pm to
quote:

start of the luxury market.


Depending on the market, I could see this topping 800k very soon if it hasn’t already happened.
Posted by Penn
Jax Beach
Member since Jan 2008
23448 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:09 pm to
Not even a lot
Posted by thelawnwranglers
Member since Sep 2007
38795 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:09 pm to
quote:


A starter
Posted by j1897
Member since Nov 2011
3569 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

10 years ago- start of the luxury market.

5 years ago- upper middle

Today- very nice starter home or decent second home.


Yup! It's lower middle class now.
Posted by BadatBourre
Member since Jan 2019
741 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:27 pm to
Upper Middle Class. But my 200k house is a 300k house in less than 4 years. So who knows.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
20386 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:29 pm to
There is no such thing where I live
Posted by Old Money
Member since Sep 2012
36418 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 8:50 pm to
Ghetto unfortunately. Too hard to find.

It's not a sustainable market here.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 8:52 pm
Posted by Tiger Attorney
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2007
19665 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:26 pm to
Tear down in old metairie if you can even find a lot for 400k. Depending how close to the country club, tear downs can run 2M+
Posted by BearsFan
Member since Mar 2016
1283 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:40 pm to
I live in an area where home prices have shot up over the last 10 years.

When I drive down street where the homes are worth 300k it’s looks like working class folks and their cars (not that there is anything wrong with blue collar work). My questions is, are people like that really able to afford 300k house notes? I realize some trades pay well, but still.

If you go to 400-500k streets it looks like lower middle class.

Maybe it’s still people who have lived in these homes since they were 150k?

I don’t have the answers.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 9:42 pm
Posted by saderade
America's City
Member since Jul 2005
25741 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 9:55 pm to
Most people are paying notes way less than what someone buying a house at today’s rates would pay.
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
9246 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:24 pm to
I don't think you can find a house you would want to live in in Santa Fe these days for $400k.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33453 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 10:58 pm to
quote:

It’s a tear down or empty lot
or else in a terrible hood

ETA: I just looked - median sale in 2022 for my zip code was $850K.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 10:59 pm
Posted by GREENHEAD22
Member since Nov 2009
19610 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:04 pm to
Am I the only person hoping for an 08 or worse?

Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33453 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:17 pm to
quote:

Am I the only person hoping for an 08 or worse?
No. Tons of people on these boards pull for bad things to happen.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
SE OK
Member since Aug 2014
9611 posts
Posted on 4/6/23 at 11:47 pm to
Upper middle class in the county I live in now, if you're talking about a house in a subdivision.

If you go out in the cattle country where I live and have a few hundred acres, then you're WAY over that amount. 4 times that amount, easily.

I had a house in El Segundo, CA where I used to live and the market was over $1 million for a tiny house on a tiny lot.
This post was edited on 4/6/23 at 11:50 pm
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