Is Hingham as expensive as Newton? (Somerville, Brookline: real estate, houses, high school)

[mommy12]

After an entire life living in Newton (with a two year stint living in Hingham during my teens), my family (husband and two young kids) would love to make a move to Hingham.

My question is this: We're expecting to get somewhere between $650 and 700k for our attractive ranch in Newton. Is it possible to get something decent in Hingham for between $550 and 600k, or should we expect to make a lateral move financially?

I remember enough about Hingham to know that, yes, it is considered an expensive community, but that there are portions that are slightly more "working class" that may make the housing stock more diverse. Does it still have the "have and have nots" feel of the early 1980s? That's pretty much the way I remember it.

Anyone who knows something about the current state of the market would be very helpful!

thanks!

[felicitev21]

Well, according to the city-data website the average yearly income for Hingham and Newton is the same. (110 k) I did a quick internet search and there are definitely nice houses in Hingham available for under 600k. (3 bed.?) The houses were definitely nice, but certainly not mansions. Of course if you wanted something bigger there are less options. So perhaps there still is some of a "working-class" environment in Hingham. Of course, a day trip there could always help.

[maggiekate]

Originally Posted by mommy12

After an entire life living in Newton (with a two year stint living in Hingham during my teens), my family (husband and two young kids) would love to make a move to Hingham.

My question is this: We're expecting to get somewhere between $650 and 700k for our attractive ranch in Newton. Is it possible to get something decent in Hingham for between $550 and 600k, or should we expect to make a lateral move financially?

I remember enough about Hingham to know that, yes, it is considered an expensive community, but that there are portions that are slightly more "working class" that may make the housing stock more diverse. Does it still have the "have and have nots" feel of the early 1980s? That's pretty much the way I remember it.

Anyone who knows something about the current state of the market would be very helpful!

thanks!

Hingham is elite as Newton, Brookline etc., Westwood
but first do decide why, or take trips to decide what you want? Most people are lucky to have a so called job now? If anyone can afford Hingham and
have a home for 500,000 and more? If that is a have not in this economy, and they also do have a job, to be a have not? Wow! Notre Dame Academy
now in Hingham I did attend when in Roxbury where it did start? Roxbury was a have not place to be and go to high school! However, it did work for us?

[Beachcomber4]

The cheap parts of Hingham are no more. At one time, Crow Point was considered "downscale". Today, the real estate listings read "Desirable Crow Point".

As happens in many desirable towns, people are willing to pay for the location and will settle for a less than desirable structure and prices are driven up.
You can find a small ranch or cape on the high end of your scale in Hingham.

[debussy]

Originally Posted by maggiekate

Hingham is elite as Newton, Brookline etc., Westwood
but first do decide why, or take trips to decide what you want? Most people are lucky to have a so called job now? If anyone can afford Hingham and
have a home for 500,000 and more? If that is a have not in this economy, and they also do have a job, to be a have not? Wow! Notre Dame Academy
now in Hingham I did attend when in Roxbury where it did start? Roxbury was a have not place to be and go to high school! However, it did work for us?

Uh, what?

[Urban Peasant]

Originally Posted by Beachcomber4

The cheap parts of Hingham are no more. At one time, Crow Point was considered "downscale". Today, the real estate listings read "Desirable Crow Point".

As happens in many desirable towns, people are willing to pay for the location and will settle for a less than desirable structure and prices are driven up.
You can find a small ranch or cape on the high end of your scale in Hingham.

The Greenbush Commuter Rail Line might have did in the more affordable side of Hingham. Friends tell me the Red Line extension did just that to Somerville back in the '80s.

[lorilou]

Originally Posted by debussy

Uh, what?

Thank You!
Lost in Translation...

[maggiekate]

Originally Posted by debussy

Uh, what?

plan on 500,00 and 700,00
that will work for Hingham! Then plan with the private education it runs
14,000 plus for H.S. Hingham is no more elite than what?