OT: Cost of your first home? (Jxn housing thread got me thinking)

[horshack.sixpack]

My answer: $98,500 3/2 ~1600 sf on 1/2 acre

ETA: 1997

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

2011: $242,000 3/2 +/- 1600 sf on 1/6th acre

 

[WrightGuy821]

2023: $205,000 3/2 2100 sf on on 1/2 acre

 

[SwampDawg]

$15,000 back in 1977. 3 br, 1 1/2 bath.

 

[dawgman42]

$101,000 for a 1,484 sq. ft., 3-2, in Laurelwood in Flowood back in '99.

 

[Shmuley]

My answer: $98,500 3/2 ~1600 sf on 1/2 acre

ETA: 1997

$80k. Duplex. Medium sized city in another state not Mississippi. Early 90s.

 

[Boom Boom]

2010: $60k (after tax credit), 3/2 1850 sf on 1 acre. Foreclosure steal.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

2004, 104K, maybe 1300 SF not sure, around 8% IR IIRC, Huntsvegas

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

120,000 1300 sq ft. 2004

 

[msstatelp1]

1992: $116k 3/2.5 2500 sf Colorado Springs

 

[dawgstudent]

My answer: $98,500 3/2 ~1600 sf on 1/2 acre

ETA: 1997

2006
$148,000
3/2 1800 sq ft

The most amazing thing is apartment rent now. I have some co-workers who are paying $1900/month for a 2 BR/2 BA in Flowood.

 

[mstateglfr]

2005- $104,500
2bd(claimed 3) 1ba, 951sqft bungalow on .16 acre.

Sold it 7 years later for the exact same price because of the market, despite all we had put into updates. But got a great price on our current house for the same reason.

 

[8dog]

2005. 1600 SF in metro Jackson. 150k after initial reno.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

$120k, 3/2, 1100sqf. Small yard, 2010

 

[NTDawg]

$80k 1200 sqf Ridgeland

 

[LocalBeachBum]

$89k in Madison for a 1500 sq ft split plan on a culdesac. 1993

 

[DerHntr]

$135k for 2700 sq ft including a finished basement. It was only 1800 above ground. 2009 in another state in a city about two times the size of Jackson.

 

[dawgstudent]

These are the apartments.

Bridgewater Apartment Homes - Apartments in Brandon, MS | Apartments.com

 

[She Mate Me]

$113,000. 1600 SF in a typical Jackson suburban neighborhood. Mid 1990's.

 

[She Mate Me]

$135k for 2700 sq ft including a finished basement. It was only 1800 above ground. 2009 in another state in a city about two times the size of Jackson.

This doesn't seem possible. Was there a cartel in the neighborhood??

 

[rem101]

$143k. 1650 sq ft. 2013, about 1 mile from middle of downtown Ocean Springs. Things have changed.

 

[Barkman Turner Overdrive]

$129,500 in 2003 at ~1,600 SF and ~1/2 acre. New house at the time in the Oak Grove subdivision.

 

[aTotal360]

$126k. Dec 2009. 1500ish sq ft. Starkville. Eventually sold it to Leah Beasley.

 

[Perd Hapley]

2011 - 180k, 2000sf, 0.45 acre. Sold it for a modest gain in 2019.

Same house sold in 2 days for $340k..2 years ago….with no changes whatsoever from when I sold it 3 years prior. Craziness.

 

[maroonmadman]

2/1, 1250 sq.ft. built in 1961, $25,000 in 1992. Did a complete remodel when bought and another partial remodel in 2000, added deck then. Sold in 2014 for $70,000.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

$80k 1200 sqf Ridgeland

Yeah, but that was the 60's.***

 

[M R DAWGS]

224k Madison 4 bed/3 bath 2015

 

[NTDawg]

Yeah, but that was the 60's.***

I’m old but not that 17n old. That’s my other buddy

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

$101,000 for a 1,484 sq. ft., 3-2, in Laurelwood in Flowood back in '99.

$95,000 for +/-1650 square feet in Laurelwood in Flowood in July of 95 - sold it 2 years later for $105,000 in July 97. Laurelwood was a great neighborhood for first time homeowners during that time frame.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

2015: $113,000 3/2 1,300 sqft classic subdivision house

Sold in 2020 for $158,000. Probably worth over $200,000 now.

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

$189,900 in Starkville in 2018. 3 bed 2 bath. 1970 build but was flipped and modernized by the person we bought from. Sold it for almost $300K this past spring.

The Starkville real estate market is a buyer’s enemy but a seller’s BFF for life. Lol.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Jax, "Jxn" FIFY

 

[Shmuley]

2006
$148,000
3/2 1800 sq ft

The most amazing thing is apartment rent now. I have some co-workers who are paying $1900/month for a 2 BR/2 BA in Flowood.

I have three rentals located in relatively safe parts of the metro. Smallest is 1200 SF 2/1. Others are 1350 SF 2/1s. I get $1475 on the small one and $1800 each for the other 2.

 

[Car Ramrod.sixpack]

2009 - $148,000 for a 1,400 sf 3/2 on 0.22 acres in KY

 

[RockyDog]

1998 Loft style house 4br/2ba near the Rez $45k HUD foreclosure and sold it a couple years later for little over 60
2002 $129k for a 3/2 1600sf in the Brandon 047

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

2011. $274,000. 2800 sq ft. Tupelo. Similar houses in the neighborhood list for about $500,000 now.

 

[thatsbaseball]

$15,000 back in 1977. 3 br, 1 1/2 bath.

$23,000 3 br, 2 bath ~2,000 feet, 1978

 

[skipperDawg]

2011. $274,000. 2800 sq ft. Tupelo. Similar houses in the neighborhood list for about $500,000 now.

What neighborhood in Tupelo?
Just curious

 

[mcdawg22]

109,000 1700 sf 3/2. Irmo, SC

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

What neighborhood in Tupelo?
Just curious

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