Huntington Woods - Listed as a top 10 suburb in the country (Royal Oak: real estate, credit)

[Almont1]

Originally Posted by LeavingDetroit

and many others decided to call Huntington Woods home rather than locate in the then more prestigious Bloomfield Hills or Birmingham. Looking at price to square foot and lot size, Huntington Woods is more expensive and thus more desirable.

This is definitely false. Birmingham and Bloomfield are more prestigious than Huntington Woods (I think most would say far more prestigious).

And both Birmingham and Bloomfield have higher prices, and higher prices per square foot. Birmingham, especially, is far more expensive than Huntington Woods.

One can get a nice, family sized home in Huntington Woods in the low 200s. Good luck in Birmingham, where the same home would be twice the price.

[scolls]

I'm curious to know these bad areas i'm near? Downtown Royal Oak that everyone on here waxes about?

[scolls]

Originally Posted by Almont1

This is definitely false. Birmingham and Bloomfield are more prestigious than Huntington Woods (I think most would say far more prestigious).

And both Birmingham and Bloomfield have higher prices, and higher prices per square foot. Birmingham, especially, is far more expensive than Huntington Woods.

One can get a nice, family sized home in Huntington Woods in the low 200s. Good luck in Birmingham, where the same home would be twice the price.

Actually this is false. There's plenty of modest housing in Birmingham. A quick search of realtor.com turned up 21 results under 200k including quite a few single family homes, aka bungalows. Birmingham is more prestigious because they have a pretentious downtown. Huntington Woods needs to be viewed as a neighborhood. Huntington Woods is closer to downtown Royal Oak than a lot of areas in Royal Oak. I can walk to downtown and walk home to my quiet neighborhood and have my kids play in private parks and never have to cross a main street. If I need the snobbery of Birmingham, it's a short drive down Woodward.

[PA Born]

Originally Posted by scolls

Actually this is false. There's plenty of modest housing in Birmingham. A quick search of realtor.com turned up 21 results under 200k including quite a few single family homes, aka bungalows.

And those 200k bungalows in Birmingham would be half the price in Huntington Woods.

Huntington woods is MUCH cheaper than Birmingham. They aren't even competing for the same buyer.

Originally Posted by scolls

Birmingham is more prestigious because they have a pretentious downtown.

No, Birmingham is more prestigious because it's richer, better schools, nicer neighborhoods, lower taxes, Rouge River, hills, further from bad areas, and a nice downtown.

[PA Born]

Originally Posted by scolls

I'm curious to know these bad areas i'm near? Downtown Royal Oak that everyone on here waxes about?

Oak Park, for one. Much of Oak Park is the same school district as Huntington Woods.

Royal Oak Township, parts of Ferndale. Oh, and Detroit.

[scolls]

Originally Posted by PA Born

Oak Park, for one. Much of Oak Park is the same school district as Huntington Woods.

Royal Oak Township, parts of Ferndale. Oh, and Detroit.

Oak Park by Huntington Woods is not the same as Oak Park by 8 mile. No a majority doesn't go to Berkley schools. Only the part that is north of 696. I'm also still trying to figure what difference does it make if Oak Park kids go to berkley schools? Berkley high is rated a 9 out of 10 on greatschools.org. Heaven forbid your child may come in contact with a black kid from Oak Park at school.

Not sure what Oak Park's proximity to Huntington Woods even means. Huntington Woods has one of the lowest crime rates in the state, lower than Birmingham. Ironically, Bloomfiled which was mentioned, literally borders Pontiac and Bloomfield Township is in Pontiac schools.

The cheapest single family home in Huntington Woods is 179,000. Where are these half price bungalows?

In terms of taxes, Huntington Woods is at 47 mils vs. 45 mils. Such a huge difference.

[Arthur Digby Sellers]

According to Zillow, the average sale price per square foot in Huntington Woods is $142. In Birmingham it is $213.

[scolls]

Originally Posted by Arthur Digby Sellers

According to Zillow, the average sale price per square foot in Huntington Woods is $142. In Birmingham it is $213.

There still isn't a bungalow listed for half the price like stated. Either way what difference does it make? This reminds me of when I lived in Harper Woods on the Grosse Pointe border. Same type of house, same neighborhood, same school district, different city listed on the address. The big difference is a paid half the price since my address said Harper Woods. I find it funny how some are talking about how expensive Birmingham is and how much money they have. Fits right in line with what I have always thought of Birmingham.

[us66]

A couple of years ago, you could get into Huntington Woods fairly easily for $130150K. I even remember seeing a bungalow or two on 11 Mile for $60-70K.

The aforementioned $200K bungalow in Birmingham would not be half-price in HW. Maybe a third less, but not more, not right now. That $200K bungalow would have been $125-150K a couple of years ago.

Affordable housing in Birmingham: Gone, as far as I can tell, except for a few apartment-style condos not within walking distance of much. I remember seeing a number of single family homes going for under $110K two years or so ago, and townhouse condos for as little as $60K.

[scolls]

Originally Posted by us66

A couple of years ago, you could get into Huntington Woods fairly easily for $130150K. I even remember seeing a bungalow or two on 11 Mile for $60-70K.

The aforementioned $200K bungalow in Birmingham would not be half-price in HW. Maybe a third less, but not more, not right now. That $200K bungalow would have been $125-150K a couple of years ago.

Affordable housing in Birmingham: Gone, as far as I can tell, except for a few apartment-style condos not within walking distance of much. I remember seeing a number of single family homes going for under $110K two years or so ago, and townhouse condos for as little as $60K.

Bull****. I moved to Huntington woods a couple years ago. You weren't getting in under 100K. Even under 150k was a stretch.