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| ▲ | topato a day ago | parent [-] | | My house is a ~700 sqft. condominium, gov. subsidized for lower income individuals, and even my mortgage is more than 300k… maybe I’m just basing my info off of coastal city prices, but is it possible to buy a reasonably nice home located in a reasonably nice amerikkkan city… for $300k in 2026? | | |
| ▲ | esseph a day ago | parent [-] | | That would buy you thousands of square feet and often several acres within 20 minute drive to a lot of US city downtown areas. | | |
| ▲ | AlotOfReading a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Can you ground the discussion by mentioning what you think these cities are? Taking Columbus, OH as the most average of American cities and a 20m isochrone map from city center, there are currently 0 parcels for sale with 3+ ("several") acres under $300k. There are a few within 30m drive, one of which even has a possibly habitable structure. The rest are bare agricultural land you'd need additional investment to actually live on. | | |
| ▲ | esseph 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | I'm just looking at Kansas City as an example right now. Tons in the $200s btw, and this is in the city less than 20 minutes from the Nelson-Atkins Museum, WW I museum, the river, farmers market, KC Chiefs / Royals / Sporting KC / KC Current teams, parks, schools, newly rebuilt international airport, etc. | | |
| ▲ | AlotOfReading 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | I picked the convention center as city center (union station would also be a reasonable choice) and I was only able to find 2 improved lots under $300k. Notably, neither is quite 3+ acres or within 20 minutes of the things you listed, and both are on septic. And this is in a metro where home prices are 36% below national median. [0] https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3711-N-67t... [1] https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/20118-E-Tr... | | |
| ▲ | esseph 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | First if you us the convention center, you place the housing center off of where most of the housing actually is. Maybe 40% is in Kansas, with another 60% in the metro being on the Missouri side, roughly. The population density of the metro drags further south though if you look at it on a heatmap. That said, look around: https://www.zillow.com/kansas-city-mo/?category=SEMANTIC&sea... Between $175k and $350k center on KCMO alone there are over 760 results. Note: your first link https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3711-N-67t... is 23 minutes from the WW I museum. Note 2: Your second link is way out in Independence, MO but is still only 29 minutes away from the WW I museum. | | |
| ▲ | AlotOfReading 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | First if you us the convention center, you place the housing center off of where most of the housing actually is.
Convention centers are usually downtown. Mean population centers reflect the surrounding geography and can drift pretty far from an "idealized" circular urban area. My area's is out on an island for example, nowhere near downtown. Jackson county's is east of Raytown. I'm not sure why you'd specifically want to live within 20 minutes of the mean population center, so it wasn't the obvious interpretation of your original statement. Between $175k and $350k center on KCMO alone there are over 760 results.
No, there are 17 results once you filter for 2+ acres. Most of them are mislabeled or unimproved property. If you filter those out too (because this is a housing discussion), what remains within 20-30ish minutes are the two I linked.I realize multiple acres of land is a bit of a silly requirement, but you're the one who suggested there are tons of houses with "several acres within 20 minute drive to a lot of US city downtown areas". That's why I was surprised. | | |
| ▲ | esseph 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | > That would buy you thousands of square feet and often several acres within 20 minute drive to a lot of US city downtown areas. This is my direct quote. Let me break this down: 1. That would buy you thousands of square feet True, clearly seen in the search results. 2. and often several acres True, you just filtered down to several results currently on the market. > I realize multiple acres of land is a bit of a silly requirement Why? I live slightly further than 20min outside of town. There are massive, beautiful homes with tons of land out here, and tons have gigabit fiber from GFiber or several of the other providers in the area. But that's not a requirement if you don't want it to be! There are clearly tons of homes available in the city with 3-4+ bedrooms and 2+ bathrooms in the $200 and $300ks is the point. |
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| ▲ | 8n4vidtmkvmk a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Not from what I've seen. The desirable neighborhoods are 500-600k. Suburbs outside major city | | |
| ▲ | catlifeonmars a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Desirable neighborhoods are by definition expensive. The trick is to find a neighborhood you like where your home can just be a home and not a top-heavy investment. Acknowledging this isn’t always easy or possible, but just pointing out that this is a self reinforcing problem. | | |
| ▲ | hdjrudni a day ago | parent | next [-] | | > The trick is to find a neighborhood you like where your home can just be a home and not a top-heavy investment I meant desirable for me to live there, not as an investment. Who wants to buy a home in place they don't want to live? | |
| ▲ | dboreham 21 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Assuming you are not married. |
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| ▲ | esseph a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | You didn't read what I said. I mentioned acres of land. You normally don't have multiple acres of land in the suburbs. | | |
| ▲ | hdjrudni a day ago | parent [-] | | Well then you didn't read parent's comment > is it possible to buy a reasonably nice home located in a reasonably nice amerikkkan city… for $300k in 2026? Who wants acreage? We want homes. | | |
| ▲ | esseph a day ago | parent [-] | | > is it possible to buy a reasonably nice home located in a reasonably nice amerikkkan city… for $300k in 2026? What does "city" mean to you? For some, it's 500 people, or 5,000. For some, it's 5 million. Define that first. The US is a big place, and I know people that don't live within 50 miles of another human. Otherwise: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/424-Olive-St-Kansas-City-... 4 bed, 3 bath, 1,580 sq ft, beautiful! $342,500, built in 1900. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3508-N-College-Ave-Kansas... 4 bed, 4 bath, 2,295 sq ft, $365,000, built in 2022. | | |
| ▲ | anon48293 a day ago | parent [-] | | That’s 350, which you can’t buy for 300.. | | |
| ▲ | irishcoffee 14 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | If the extra $200/month means you can’t afford it, you probably shouldn’t be buying a house… Yeah that sounds cruel and messed up, because it is. I don’t like how expensive real estate is and I wish we could have another 2008 without a bailout. But the point stands. If you hafta pick between eating and paying your mortgage, you made a bad financial decision. Blame whoever you want, I am of the opinion that people still have agency and are responsible for their decisions, as unpopular as that seems to be these days. | |
| ▲ | esseph 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | These are midrange. Most of the homes in those areas are around $225k. You'd be surprised how much house and land you can get for that price. |
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