How much do homes in the inner loop cost (in safe parts)?

[moxiezbug]

Originally Posted by modster

A three bedroom/2 bath in the less transitional areas inside the loop could cost quite a bit.

A 3/2 in the Heights would probably run you a minimum of $250,000 for a fixer upper & could easily exceed $750,000 for a newer mocktorian.

Lazybrook and Timbergrove might offer some choices around that same price range.

South of Buffalo Bayou you get into Montrose, where 3/2's would start somewhere in the $300's. River Oaks to the west would be 7 digits & once you get around Rice U/West U/Southgate, it will take a minimum of $500k.

South of Braes Bayou you could find an original one without any updates for under $300k. But those areas are still pretty expensive.

In the east end, most of the bungalows in Eastwood & Idylwood are 2 bedrooms, so a 3/2 would be a little harder to find, but less expensive than points west.

I'm from San Diego, so those prices are still a bargain to me 300K houses are in the ghetto here in SD.

[modster]

Originally Posted by moxiezbug

I'm from San Diego, so those prices are still a bargain to me 300K houses are in the ghetto here in SD.

If you can spend $300 to $350 you should be able to find something. Keep in mind property taxes will be something like 2.6% - 3.0% range annually though so factor that into your budget.

Something like this in Lazybrook as an example:

1839 Widdicomb Ct, Houston, TX 77008

[moxiezbug]

Originally Posted by modster

If you can spend $300 to $350 you should be able to find something. Keep in mind property taxes will be something like 2.6% - 3.0% range annually though so factor that into your budget.

Something like this in Lazybrook as an example:

1839 Widdicomb Ct, Houston, TX 77008

This is a beautiful house, and waay better than what you can get for that price in San Diego! Thanks

[texas7]

Originally Posted by travelguy_73

As houses inside the loop tend to be older, there is going to be a wide range of prices that match the wide range of conditions (new construction mostly limits you to townhomes unless you have $500k + to spend). You could probably pay as little as $150k for clean, but outdated, in a safe more transitional neighborhood, all the way up into the $500k in a swankier inner loop neighborhood.

A couple of examples:
on the inexpensive side: 4425 Leeland St, Houston, TX 77023

on the pricey side:
2303 Bartlett, Houston, TX 77098

This is in general; I'm sure exceptions apply.

I wouldn't call that stretch of Leeland "safe" yet. It is a very transitional area.

[modster]

Originally Posted by texas7

I wouldn't call that stretch of Leeland "safe" yet. It is a very transitional area.

I wouldn't call it unsafe either. There isn't a lot of crime in Eastwood.

A 3 mile radius around the Leeland address produces an average of 29 incidents, which sounds bad:

Houston Crime Stats - 77023

But then you look at a 3 mile radius around the tonier Bartlett address & it produces an average of 25, There just isn't that radical a difference:

Houston Crime Stats - 77098

It fares pretty well actually.

[jfre81]

In a three-mile radius anywhere in any large city, 29 incidents is not that bad.

I'd wager that a significant percentage of those incidents were the result of unlocked car doors and/or valuables left in plain sight, which you just don't do anywhere. Being stupid has consequences.