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Old 04-30-2010, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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So glad to hear that! I know we'll have to adjust to the winter (especially for me having only ever lived in Texas and Southern California), but we LOVE to ski so we figure that can make up for it! When we were in town a few weeks ago the weather was so wonderful, we cannot wait to be there and experience cooler temps. The humidity in Houston right now is 91% and it's so gross and wet that everything outside can't even dry. It feels like a sauna when you step outside. I will not miss days like this or the 100 degree days in the summer!
And just think; when us natives are complaining that it's starting to get hot when it's 85 F you can laugh at us. I think it's been since the early 90's since Pittsburgh has had a day over 100 so it's really rare here and I hope I don't see one anytime soon.
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Old 04-30-2010, 09:03 PM
 
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Well, now you know if you want really cheap housing, head to Texas!
It's not more expensive than Texas, it's different. New-ish homes in Robinson, Cranberry Twp., Upper St Clair, Peters Twp. are similar in price to old homes in Houston's Inner Loop, central Ft Worth, central Austin, and White Rock/Uptown Dallas.

Old homes inside the City of Pittsburgh, Bellevue, Carnegie, Swissvale, Millvale, Etna, Crafton are similar in price to new-ish homes in Arlington, Garland, Irving, Frisco, Round Rock, Katy, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, and Clear Lake.

To make it simple - If you're moving from Texas and want a suburban McMansion here, you'll be in for a little bit of sticker shock. On the other hand, if you've always craved an Arts & Crafts or Victorian in a real neighborhood with easy access to mass transit, you'll think you've died and gone to Heaven.
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Old 05-01-2010, 02:00 PM
 
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speaking of weather...i'm trying to figure out if the summers down in Texas are as bad as the winters up here in Pittsburgh...i'll update after this summer! lol...
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Old 05-01-2010, 02:53 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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A slave to heat in the winter, or a slave to A/C in the summer -- take your pick.

Me personally, I prefer the one that at least brings 4 full seasons.
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Old 05-03-2010, 01:01 AM
 
Location: The canyon (with my pistols and knife)
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Texas has cheap housing prices because they have lots and lots and lots and lots of LAND. Mostly flat land at that. When you have a glut of supply, prices won't go very high. That might be part of why the cost of a new house in the Pittsburgh area is a bit more expensive: because there's not as much land that's genuinely developable.

(Didn't Texas have their own real estate "bubble" back in the 1980's too?)
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Old 05-03-2010, 08:50 AM
 
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On this forum we're so used to hearing people from the East Coast and CA coming here saying how cheap our housing prices are. It's somewhat strange to hear just the opposite when people from TX plan to move here.
Not really. We have our house on the market and we have to price it (this is no lie) 100K LESS than what we bought it for. We are not the only ones either that are in this position.

I don't understand how people can say that Pittsburgh is cheap. It is NOT. Housing and taxes are more expensive and you DON'T get much for the money either. Most places are really rundown unless you can get into the 200K range and then even that is pushing it.

Utilities are more expensive, food is more expensive and the list goes on.

Sorry - I'm not from Pittsburgh originally. I'm hoping to find a job elsewhere. But at my level, it's pretty much wait until a recruiter has a good lead.

There are some nice things about Pittsburgh, but I have found more negative things than positive.
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Old 05-03-2010, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Not really. We have our house on the market and we have to price it (this is no lie) 100K LESS than what we bought it for. We are not the only ones either that are in this position.

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My guess is you bought in an uppper income area and the values were over 500K. I would never go that high in the Greater Pgh Area.
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Old 05-03-2010, 09:14 AM
 
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My guess is you bought in an uppper income area and the values were over 500K. I would never go that high in the Greater Pgh Area.
You are correct. Unfortunately, not being from this area we did not realize that it was a BIG waste of money. If we had lived in Pittsburgh a year before buying, we would have moved. Hindsight is everything.
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Old 05-03-2010, 01:34 PM
 
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My guess is you bought in an uppper income area and the values were over 500K. I would never go that high in the Greater Pgh Area.
So how high would you go? We're about to buy and don't want to buy too high and have issues with selling down the road. We've been looking anywhere between $300-upper $400's.
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Old 05-03-2010, 01:52 PM
 
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Not really. We have our house on the market and we have to price it (this is no lie) 100K LESS than what we bought it for. We are not the only ones either that are in this position.

I don't understand how people can say that Pittsburgh is cheap. It is NOT. Housing and taxes are more expensive and you DON'T get much for the money either. Most places are really rundown unless you can get into the 200K range and then even that is pushing it.

Utilities are more expensive, food is more expensive and the list goes on.

Sorry - I'm not from Pittsburgh originally. I'm hoping to find a job elsewhere. But at my level, it's pretty much wait until a recruiter has a good lead.

There are some nice things about Pittsburgh, but I have found more negative things than positive.

that's horrible news...where did you buy this home?

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So how high would you go? We're about to buy and don't want to buy too high and have issues with selling down the road. We've been looking anywhere between $300-upper $400's.
i'm no pro, but i've heard the past couple years that the homes selling above the $300k range are most vulnerable to price fluctuation...

hopefully you've hired a very knowledgeable RE Agent to help you out with that...

i believe the old saying, "location, location, location..." are key here...well established neighborhoods where people are looking to settle down, rather than moving out would be the places i would seek...

if lowering your price range isn't a possibility, maybe renting for a year or two wouldn't be a bad idea...
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