I don't know what the median price is here, but I just played with listings on realtor.com. The cheapest place in Seattle that looks like you could move into it right away (i.e. not property or a half-ruined house) is a tiny studio condo for $100K. The cheapest that would meet our space needs (i.e. 3 bedrooms) is around $250K, and those are usually fixer-uppers or in less than ideal neighborhoods.
Still, once I've found a job and we've gotten our credit card debt punched down a bit, we should be in a decent position to buy. I just hope I can find that job by November or so, so we can think about a bigger place not long after Annabel turns 2.
I just googled, and according to an article in the Providence Journal published a few weeks ago, the median price of a single family house in RI right now is $285,000.
From the Times last week
According to the latest multiple-listing service numbers, the median price of King County condominiums was $216,995 last month. That's $158,000 below the single-family house median.
Hell, our tax assessed value is now 45k over what we paid four and a half years ago.
My grandmother died yesterday. It's one of those expected, but "it's always sudden" kind of things. Anyhow, my mom is up there seeing to the details.
{{{{{Anne}}}}} I'm so sorry. My thoughts are with you and your family.
Before moving to Minnesota, my hopes and dreams of ownership featured one day being able to have a "park model" at a retirement RV park.
If I was lucky.
((((((((((((((((Anne))))))))))))))))
