How Much House Will $500k Get You in Your Metro Area in 2020? (apartment, HOA fees)

[march2]

$500k opens up more options in some of the more expensive metro areas in the U.S. In the metro area where you live, what are some of the housing options that $500k will get you?

In Charlotte:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...77061501_zpid/
Charlotte - $510k, 5br, 3ba, 3426sqft.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...83957627_zpid/
Charlotte (Uptown) - 18th floor High rise condo $495K, HOA $528/mo, 2br, 2ba, 1339sqft, rooftop pool

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...99761049_zpid/
Concord (northeast suburb) - $497k, 4br, 4ba, 3631sqft

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...61797725_zpid/
Mooresville (northern suburb) - $500k, 4br, 4ba, 4066sqft

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...25468967_zpid/
Tega Cay, SC (southwestern suburb) - $490k, 4br, 4ba, 3357sqft.

[masssachoicetts]

500k in Boston gets you a 455sqft apartment in the South End with $677 HOA fees.

Or a floor (2 bed 1 bath) in a triple decker in Chelsea

[rowhomecity]

500k in metro Philadelphia gets you a falling apart McMansion these days built in the year 1999.

Or a newer attached townhome in the burbs, but nothing more than that.

Maybe a new Rowhome in the city, but that would be in an up and coming neighborhood.

In Center City, that gets you a two bedroom condo. With $750 a month in HOA fees and parking fees added as more.

[ckhthankgod]

Syracuse area...

Eastern suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...8_M42199-93142

Crazy land in rural area southwest of the city near a Finger Lake: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...2_M47856-10541

Riverside property Northern suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...1_M47051-14241

Lakeside property Northern suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...9_M30714-01857

Western suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M46720-08357

Nice older home in college town east of city in adjacent county: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M30849-22608

Rural area with view of Lake Ontario in adjacent county to the north: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M43090-27807

Condo just NW of Downtown, with creekwalk and short drive/walking distance to 6th biggest shopping center in the US, with multiple companies around: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M44313-58627
https://www.missionlanding.com/

[march2]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Syracuse area...

Eastern suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...8_M42199-93142

Crazy land in rural area southwest of the city near a Finger Lake: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...2_M47856-10541

Riverside property Northern suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...1_M47051-14241

Lakeside property Northern suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...9_M30714-01857

Western suburb: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M46720-08357

Nice older home in college town east of city in adjacent county: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M30849-22608

Rural area with view of Lake Ontario in adjacent county to the north: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...6_M43090-27807

Condo just NW of Downtown, with creekwalk and short drive/walking distance to 6th biggest shopping center in the US, with multiple companies around: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M44313-58627
https://www.missionlanding.com/

I knew Syracuse would kick some butt in this price range, lol. Great looking properties.

[Gaylord_Focker]

OC

https://www.redfin.com/CA/Laguna-Hil...7/home/5635170

https://www.redfin.com/CA/Anaheim/10...2/home/3958470

[KathrynAragon]

Wow, $500k will buy quite a bit in my metro area of Tyler, Texas!

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...3_M72110-82191 (I've actually been in this home several times and it's a show stopper on nearly three acres in a great subdivision and school district.)

55 acres in a good area:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...7_M93252-33063

Nice house, six bedrooms, built in 1997:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...7_M87368-77235

New construction in a luxury neighborhood:
https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...9_M87585-58339

[marehoodlum]

At the Jersey shore...


(Well Bradley Beach)
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6...39226186_zpid/


Brigatine NJ
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8...37782825_zpid/


Cape May NJ
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9...38348489_zpid/

[T. Damon]

A diminutive free-standing cottage in a court or a 900 sf 2/1 apartment-like condo is about all you can rustle up for a half a million around these parts

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/...m_content=link

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/...m_content=link

https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/...m_content=link

[BostonBornMassMade]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

500k in Boston gets you a 455sqft apartment in the South End with $677 HOA fees.

Or a floor (2 bed 1 bath) in a triple decker in Chelsea

Pump the brakes with the hyperbole

Try a 3 bed 2 bath in Dorchester 1400sqft
https://www.trulia.com/p/ma/boston/4...21--2001473871

4bd 2 bath in Roxbury 1250sqt
https://www.trulia.com/p/ma/boston/1...19--2001457184

A nice 2 bed 1 bath Roslindale..
https://www.zillow.com/roslindale-boston-ma/

4bd 2 bath 1686 sqft Lynn
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...56079445_zpid/

4bd 2 bath 2100 square feet Randolph
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9...57501207_zpid/

I se 275 decent homes under 500k in Boston proper.

Head to the south shore and in some towns you can get brand new construction at that price.