# How much do homes in your neighborhood go for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201 "2003-02-10T21:26:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/41 "2003-02-11T19:28:31Z")
Well, in our condominium community of about 80 units, 2-3 bedroom townhouse condos go for $220K-$250K. You can get significantly cheaper apartment-style condos nearby, and some townhouses very much like ours that are slightly more expensive. The closest neighborhood of single-family homes start about $300K, I think. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/42 "2003-02-11T19:28:42Z")
We should go to the Village Cafe for lunch sometime šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/43 "2003-02-11T19:32:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*Iā€™m in the process of building a 2200 s.f., 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath transitional home on 5.5 acres just outside fo Richmond, VA. The cost is $210,000. Iā€™ll call you when the poolā€™s in. \*\* Not only do I owe you a long-overdue letter, I now also owe you a punch in the nose. Iā€™m so envious. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/44 "2003-02-11T19:57:15Z")
Rural northern Virginia. Call it 750K or more. But you get land with that. And, as a special bonusā€¦rust in your water! ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/45 "2003-02-11T19:59:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*We should go to the Village Cafe for lunch sometime šŸ˜ƒ \*\* Iā€™m down for that! It doesnā€™t take much to talk me into the Village Cafe šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/46 "2003-02-11T20:05:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Rural northern Virginia. > > Call it 750K or more. But you get land with that. And, as a special bonusā€¦rust in your water! \*\* Iā€™m thinking the Loudoun County areaā€¦ Ashburn, Leesburg, Waterford, etc. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/47 "2003-02-11T20:42:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \* > **Here in Saint Paul** Wow, I think you are my closest doper. Iā€™m a couple blocks from the Ford plant. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/48 "2003-02-11T20:55:00Z")
Melbourne ranges from about $200k(AUD) for a three-bedroom brick venereal at 40 or 50kmā€™s from the CBD, up to many millions for a home in the more prestigious suburbs (Toorak, Brighton etc). Flats (apartments) and units are considerably cheaper. The inner-'burb where I live is characterised by small Victorian terrace houses, and they go for anything from $350-$600k depending on how well they have been renovated. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/49 "2003-02-11T21:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kambuckta \* > \*\*Melbourne ranges from about $200k(AUD) for a three-bedroom brick venereal \*\* There is a joke in there somewhereā€¦ Twiddle ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/50 "2003-02-12T00:05:41Z")
> [@](#): > > _mhendo said:_ > **Well, Baltimore is really a city of neighbourhoods, and rich areas and poor areas are often not far away from one another. I rent a one-bedroom apartment right near Johns Hopkins University (where iā€™m a grad student), and the housing prices around here vary quite dramatically.** > [@](#): > > _Bibliocat said:_ > **Even in the suburbs of Baltimore, it varies quite dramatically. > I live just outside the Beltway, northeast of the city, and paid just over $100,000 for a 4-bedroom rancher on a quarter-acre with a garage** Yes, it does vary quite a bit. And I know right about where you both live, so watch it. šŸ˜‰ I live just outside the city, just north of **mhendo** as a matter of fact, and the houses in my neighborhood go for about $375,000 to $600,000. Older brick or stone colonials, 4-5 bedrooms, finished basements, with garages on quarter- or third-acre lots. Not a ā€œcookie-cutterā€ type of neighborhood at all. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/51 "2003-02-12T00:59:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winnie \* > \*\*Iā€™m thinking the Loudoun County areaā€¦ Ashburn, Leesburg, Waterford, etc. Am I right? \*\* Nice to see someoneā€™s paying attention. Yep, up past Hillsboro in a little valley called ā€˜Between the Hillsā€™. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/52 "2003-02-12T19:18:28Z")
Paging some Prague natives. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/53 "2003-02-12T19:21:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Nice to see someoneā€™s paying attention. > > Yep, up past Hillsboro in a little valley called ā€˜Between the Hillsā€™. \*\* I know the area well. My husband is from Lovettsville and went to school in Purcellville. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/54 "2003-02-12T20:29:02Z")
Good man! Weā€™ll have yā€™all out to the house someday! ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/55 "2003-02-12T23:11:54Z")
~$150,000 for a 3 BR/2 bath with ~1700 sq. ftr. ---
**Author:** ![ruby\_rabscuttle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@ruby\_rabscuttle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruby_rabscuttle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/56 "2003-02-12T23:39:06Z")
the house across the street is listed as a 4 br/ 2 bath with ā€œgreat potentialā€ with around 1600Sqft, itā€™s a good deal in the city, but the asking is 500K and i expect it to go for 560+ . i went into it and thought that it needed 100K in cosmetic work (itā€™s a victorian) homes in SF are pricey, but even more so if they are single family homes with parking. and when they say 4 BR, 2 of them are barely the legal limit in size to be called a BR - fine for a crib, but thatā€™s about it. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/57 "2003-02-13T18:55:27Z")
For the USA, [homepricecheck.com](http://homepricecheck.com) should give sold prices of just about anywhere. Fun to see what the neighbor paid for their house. ---
**Author:** ![Jammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@Jammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammer)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201/58 "2003-02-13T19:20:04Z")
In suburban Greensboro, NC we bought a 2,900 sq ft 3br 2.5 bath in 1998. It is on a one acre lake lot, all brick, two car garage, the works. Paid $223,000. Houses in the neighborhood are now selling for close to $300k. Jammer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-homes-in-your-neighborhood-go-for/154201.md?page=2)