Affordable Housing

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:35 pm

What is considered "affordable housing" in your area? Mine is $300K USD.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:37 pm

anything close to the beach is prohibitive. million dollar homes everywhere, and no i don't have one! LOL

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:39 pm

lady cop wrote: anything close to the beach is prohibitive. million dollar homes everywhere, and no i don't have one! LOL

If you did I would join the police force down there in a minute. My husband used to live in Pompano Beach then Orlando.....much cheaper than here!

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:48 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: I live in a one bedroom apartment for $710 per month... and that doesn't include any utilities, I even pay for water and trash pickup.

Before we bought our house, we lived in a one bedroom for $1395 per month, and that didnt included any utilities, so I feel your pain!

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:03 pm

DesignerGal wrote: Before we bought our house, we lived in a one bedroom for $1395 per month, and that didnt included any utilities, so I feel your pain!

$1300 and up for one bedroom Orange County

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:18 pm

This is interesting because when I was in Omaha (:-5 ) it seemed that you could buy more for your money than here (Cornwall). I live in a smallish granite terraced cottage (meaning that it's joined to others on either side) and it's worth about Ã‚£150k (the currency conversion tells me that $300k is about Ã‚£169k). I could have, had I wished, bought a much bigger detached property in Omaha for the same price. But it seems that Americans pay a much higher property tax (our council tax)? It's about double what it is here. Incidentally my place is at the lower end of the property market and would be what most first time buyers would expect to buy if they were in a position to buy.

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:44 pm

tmbsgrl wrote: This isn't a houseing question or comment but where do ya find those funny looking E's at... it is in front of 200,000

That's our quaint old pound sign, tmbsgrl. I really like the expression "funny looking Es" Can you imagine using it everyday? This dress cost 35 funny looking Es and that meal cost 25 funny looking Es. Yes, I might have a go at that and people will think me odder than they already do :wah: It sounds Monty Pythonish

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:46 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: mine is on the 3 key next to the dollar sign

Now I noticed in Omaha (:-5 ) that my friend's @ was somewhere near there...

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:49 pm

theia wrote: That's our quaint old pound sign, tmbsgrl. I really like the expression "funny looking Es" Can you imagine using it everyday? This dress cost 35 funny looking Es and that meal cost 25 funny looking Es. Yes, I might have a go at that and people will think me odder than they already do :wah: It sounds Monty Pythonish

...:yh_rotfl

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:50 pm

They'll also think you're a drug dealer Theia!

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:53 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: LOL! Everytime you mention Omaha, there's that head bashing a brick wall emote. Sorry, I shouldn't laugh at that.

Yes you should snooze. I am :wah: ...mostly. And if there was a "spit" smilie I would use that too. I must be getting better.

theia · Post by **theia** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:56 pm

Betty Boop wrote: They'll also think you're a drug dealer Theia!

*Theia puts her great hoof in it again*

I didn't even think of that, as per usual :-5 (no sorry that one belongs to Omaha)

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:36 pm

Your $300,000 home is only $125,000 in New Mexico. Everything else is cheap too. Unfortunately, the median salary is only $35,000.

DesignerGal · Post by **DesignerGal** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:26 am

My husband and I bought our house in Feb 2004 for $194,900 USD. We had an appraiser come out so we could refinance and our houes appraised at $365,900 USD 18 months later. Nice for us, but we are lucky we bought when we did! I could never live here alone. I couldnt even afford an apartment on my salary much less a car and groceries and utilities.

Back home in Atlanta, I can get 2000 more square feet and brick on all sides for what my house appraised for here. And I dont even live in DC limits. Im south.