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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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If the price/sf concerns you, then simply calculate it for those homes you are interested in. Our house value comes out to about $275/sf, while a house in a brand new development near us would be at about $340/sf. This does not account for the location or lot size, however. We are on 12,000 SF in a very quiet area with no traffic, while the new development is on a 6,000 sf lot on a major thoroughfare with 4 lanes of traffic..
This is the most useless thread ever. The OP asked for something and everyone insists on telling him (or her?) why it’s not a good way to search. Maybe the OP wants to search for a combination of price per SqFt AND total sqft. Or maybe, like me, he wants to see all houses that are on the higher end of the price-per-foot scale. Why? Who cares. But the reasons everyone said the OP shouldn’t search by $/sqft are exactly what some people want to search for.
Me... I want to see comps in my area by $/sqft. 2,000 sqft with top-end finishes, high-end built-in appliances, etc. is not the same as 3,000 sqft with an outdated 1980’s look, yet the price might be comparable. So I want to search for everything in the $900-$1,000 per sqft range and see what I get, regardless of square footage or total price.
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This is the most useless thread ever. The OP asked for something and everyone insists on telling him (or her?) why it’s not a good way to search. Maybe the OP wants to search for a combination of price per SqFt AND total sqft. Or maybe, like me, he wants to see all houses that are on the higher end of the price-per-foot scale. Why? Who cares. But the reasons everyone said the OP shouldn’t search by $/sqft are exactly what some people want to search for.
Me... I want to see comps in my area by $/sqft. 2,000 sqft with top-end finishes, high-end built-in appliances, etc. is not the same as 3,000 sqft with an outdated 1980’s look, yet the price might be comparable. So I want to search for everything in the $900-$1,000 per sqft range and see what I get, regardless of square footage or total price.
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This is the most useless thread ever. The OP asked for something and everyone insists on telling him (or her?) why it’s not a good way to search. Maybe the OP wants to search for a combination of price per SqFt AND total sqft. Or maybe, like me, he wants to see all houses that are on the higher end of the price-per-foot scale. Why? Who cares. But the reasons everyone said the OP shouldn’t search by $/sqft are exactly what some people want to search for.
Me... I want to see comps in my area by $/sqft. 2,000 sqft with top-end finishes, high-end built-in appliances, etc. is not the same as 3,000 sqft with an outdated 1980’s look, yet the price might be comparable. So I want to search for everything in the $900-$1,000 per sqft range and see what I get, regardless of square footage or total price.
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