What are Housing Prices Like Where You Live?
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (45)
United States
July 31, 2025 11:21am CST
I saw this cool map of U.S. Housing Prices by State.
Alabama appears to have the lowest house prices in the USA. My state of Kentucky is in the cheapest 5 states.
California naturally had the highest home prices in the USA.
As always, the Midwest and South regions of the USA are the most affordable. As you can see from the map, Alabama, Ohio, and West Virginia are all below $250,000
What are home prices in your area?
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@Vikingswest1 (7238)
• United States
31 Jul
The same home that I purchased for 54k in 1989, now would sell for 400k.
It's ridiculous. Most young people will have a hard time getting into a house that's not rented. Sad part about that is that rentals are more expensive than mortgage payments.
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@LooeyVille (45)
• United States
31 Jul
Our patio home attaches to an adjacent one. She has to move to an assisted living facility now so they put it up for sale. Should have been around $410,000. It sold for the high asking price of $465,000. Crazy! Hubby and I joked that we should sell ours for that high of a profit since buying it 12 years ago but the truth is we love it here and there's nothing we could buy comparable to it for the same amount of money.
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@Vikingswest1 (7238)
• United States
31 Jul
@LooeyVille
I have the same issue. I would like to sell and take the equity but it's too expensive to find another place.
I have actually thought of getting a small cabin but property costs are outrageous here too.
A 100x150 lot near me just sold for 125k. No house, just an unimproved lot.
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@cabuyogty (4083)
• Philippines
31 Jul
Here in the Philippines , you can buy a house and lot for over 1 million or 2 million pesos or $35,000 dollars. Our house costs only 1,300 dollars or around 75000 pesos only but we only have rights and the house is still in amortization. The government only awards house and lots in our compound.
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@GardenGerty (165135)
• United States
17h
I really could not tell you. We paid cash for our house but in this town they practically give them away. Our value has nearly doubled in ten years, though. There is a guy going around and buying up houses cheaply and renovating them. They are small and sell for about $120,000.
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@AmbiePam (101008)
• United States
31 Jul
I can’t believe what my dad could get for his house. Blows my mind, but he has no plans to sell. He also only could afford that house decades ago because it was foreclosed on, and inside, the people who had been foreclosed on went nuts and vandalized the house. My dad did all the work to fix it, knew people who gave discounts, and not long after it was as good as new. They recently renovated the kitchen and guest bathroom, and it looks so good. Of course, at my dad’s age now, he had to hire a professional to do it, but as always, he knew someone who gave him a deal on the cost of labor.
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@AmbiePam (101008)
• United States
31 Jul
@LooeyVille I can’t really. I’d be an extra cost to him, and he wouldn’t be helped out by Section 8 because he’s family. They don’t count family (at least in Oklahoma) as eligible to pay rent to. Plus, I’d lose my health insurance because the amount of rent I’d save by living with him they would count as income. Then I’d be back to where I was before disability. I’d end up putting my dad in debt with my medical bills. They tie your hands. The day I moved in with my dad would be when I’d lose health insurance, and my monthly income would go from barely under a thousand to around $200.
Plus, when he passes away, I wouldn’t be able to keep his house due to the costs associated, and I’d have to go through the whole waiting list of Section 8 again. And that waiting list is long!
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@LooeyVille (45)
• United States
31 Jul
I'm glad he has a lovely home to live in. You don't want to live with him?
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@arunima25 (91933)
• Bangalore, India
31 Jul
The city where I live is considered the costliest when it comes to cost of living in India. Here the real estate and housing prices are quite competitive. But not as high as Mumbai and Delhi. Mumbai has the costliest housing.
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@arunima25 (91933)
• Bangalore, India
3h
@LooeyVille Oh! I see. Delhi and Mumbai have costlier houses and rent compared to Bangalore.
@LooeyVille (45)
• United States
31 Jul
I honestly didn't think to look at houses when I was in Delhi
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@FourWalls (77276)
• United States
31 Jul
About the same as yours. 
I got one of those “I buy houses” things in the mail that said they’d pay me “up to” (the key words) $110,000 for my house. Dream on, where am I going to move for that small an amount???
I got one of those “I buy houses” things in the mail that said they’d pay me “up to” (the key words) $110,000 for my house. Dream on, where am I going to move for that small an amount???1 person likes this
@Juliaacv (54167)
• Canada
31 Jul
I had to search this one up, real estate is an ever changing market.
The stats for June 2025 in London, Ontario, where I reside, the average price for a home was $650,501.
But I wouldn't want to live in a home of that amount since the area would be dangerous.
Most areas that are safe and I would consider are $750,000 and up.
But that is just in my city, there are much cheaper places to live in Ontario I'm sure.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53089)
• United States
31 Jul
I haven’t a clue, but they were very reasonable 30 something years ago compared to most states. I imagine they still are.
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@DaddyEvil (155553)
• United States
31 Jul
The first house my first wife and I bought in 1985 for $84,000 would cost $250,000 now. My second house I bought in 1993 for $80,000 sells now for $175,000. I sold it and decided I didn't want to own a house anymore and have rented since then.
@LindaOHio (196531)
• United States
31 Jul
They are very high. In fact, the suggested price on my house is ridiculously high. I can't imagine ever selling it for that price.
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