kmkmrod t1_ix09rws wrote on November 19, 2022 at 7:13 PM

Reply to comment by mrkro3434 in For people that bought single family homes in Boston or adjacent suburbs since last summer, how much are you paying per month in mortgage, taxes, insurance? by Bostonosaurus

Did those homes have solid gold walls or something? Because what you’re describing doesn’t make sense otherwise.

mrkro3434 t1_ix0ajb0 wrote on November 19, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Maybe the market has shifted in the past year, but these were just basic ass old homes.

Put multiple offers over asking price and waiving inspections, and couldn't snag one. They were very rural, no fluff.

The only positive factor I could imagine, is that they came with a small patch of land instead of being a small yarded suburban home.

kmkmrod t1_ix0rl15 wrote on November 19, 2022 at 9:20 PM

Two hours from Boston, 800 square feet, $375,000?

For that price it better have a few acres of very nice land.

mrkro3434 t1_ix0wciz wrote on November 19, 2022 at 9:55 PM

I don't know what to tell you.

We put in offers in the $300,000 price range, offering $40k over asking, and often got ghosted because someone else was willing to pay full in cash days after it was listed.

Not new homes. Old homes with small plots.

It's one thing to look on Redfin for shits and giggles, it's another thing to actually be going to open houses and making offers every weekend. Downvotes welcome.

kmkmrod t1_ix0xccz wrote on November 19, 2022 at 10:03 PM

I haven’t up or downvoted your posts.

I don’t know where you were looking 2 hours from Boston and seeing that. I know the real estate in that area (Boston north) and you can find better homes 2 hours north for less than that

mrkro3434 t1_ix0youi wrote on November 19, 2022 at 10:13 PM

We were looking anywhere north, east or west, of Boston (family is scattered in the area). As far as Keene or southern Maine. Just wanted a modest home that had good internet (I work remotely in media and need the bandwidth).

We put in offer, after offer, over asking for a year, pretty much every weekend, and got nothing. So again, I don't know what to tell you.

We were putting offers on really shit houses listed at $200k, for $250k, knowing that we would bite the bullet in renovations. And still, Someone would either offer more, or just pay in cash. This was every weekend.

RailRoad_Candy t1_ix16nqq wrote on November 19, 2022 at 11:14 PM

North or Worcester east of 190. Think Phillipston. Thats about where your price range is going to take you.