I'm rying to find new homes prices in California. Been searching sites and can't seem to find any. Are there any new homes out in California? They're all like 2 and $300K and are all built before the 70s. Here i Texas you can get a brand new house for $100,000. That and you can get a used 2 story for the same.

Thats cuz noone wants to move to Texas...

KIDDING!

Sort of... Its all about supply and demand....

Depends on where in Cali you want to live. Here in SD $100,000 is nothing, before the crash brand new townhomes in the hood were going for $400,000 it was nutz, I think they're down to about $200,000 maybe a bit less but I sure in Fresno, for instance, you could get something really nice for that amount.

There are more new homes in California than there needs to be. And all the used ones were not built in the 70s. You'll need to be more specific and search for a city. Like, "New home for sale Alameda CA", for instance. Then you'll have to be patient and poke around until you find one that is actually new. When you find one, take a look at who is building it, like this...

4br 3.5ba 2gr 3 story, 2373 sq.ft.

Alameda, CA 94501

by The Warmington Group

Then you can check their website and you'll often be able to see everywhere they are building in the area as well as what plans they offer. Like this...

http://homesbywarmington.com/

http://homesbywarmington.com/communities/index.cfm?community_id=11

At that website it also gives you the name of the housing division (neighborhood) being built. In the case of this example, Grand Marina Village. Then you can search for "Grand Marina Village, Alameda, CA" and it pulls up all the new homes being built in that area.

You should be able to do similar searches for cities all over CA.

And boy do I wish we had houses ANYWHERE in the Bay Area for $100,000

House prices in California ARE ASS!!!

and not in a good way...

(bitter, born-in-Cali renter whose "American Dream" is way the fuck out of reach...)

Thing is, most californians (that I know) are not looking for new houses. Especially in the SF area, the older the better!

But yes, go to Fresno or other valley city, and there are lots and lots of new homes for reasonable prices. But in LA or San Francisco, be prepared to pay a lot, even if it's only half of what it was in 2006!

RenHoek said:

House prices in California ARE ASS!!!

and not in a good way...

(bitter, born-in-Cali renter whose "American Dream" is way the fuck out of reach...)

well, my gf and I bought a condo in 2006, and now it is worth about half of what we are on the hook for. Mortgage is a fortune, and we won't make any money for years & years (if we get that far). So living the dream is not always what it is cracked up to be!

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I checked Fresno, because I was curious. New homes in all brackets from $130,000 to $320,000

And yes, it really does depend on where you are trying to buy. Sometimes it's region to region, but sometimes it's city to city, or even neighborhood to neighborhood. There is no way in the world you could get me to buy a house IN SF, though. No! Way!

stay in Texas

2 and 300 K is not unlike our area. Our new place (built in 68) was $279K and for the general DC area, a very decent deal.

You can get a new house in TX for 100K, for real???

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heartbeatocean said:

stay in Texas

agreed.....everytime i watch CNN, cali is drowning in mudslides or fires.

if i could i would move out of california all together, this state is way too over priced on everything! i live in the south bay area near san jose, and in my city an anverage home goes for between $600,000-to-one-million in price. at least in my neighborhood where i'm at. so buying a home here ever is pretty much not going to happen. so we're renting. over in the sacramento area you can buy a nice house much cheaper, or rent a nice house or apt. for around $900 or $1,300 depending on area/neighborhood. my parents live in texas and pay about $900 less a month in rent for a much nicer place than i have here. if i were you i would stay in texas. but if you do need to come to california, i would really research the area you're moving first, because if you shop around really well enough in advance you can find some deals. but it takes some time, and determination. good luck.

Funny thing is they are begging folks to buy houses here in San Diego.

We bought ours for $480,000 in 2003. In 2006 it was appraised at $650,000.

Now they're selling all the forclosed houses in our neighborhood (and there's a lot!) for $350-400,000.

So we're upside down but have no plans to move...just happy that we didnt lose it and are still able to afford the mortgage.

Cerebus said:

There are more new homes in California than there needs to be. And all the used ones were not built in the 70s. You'll need to be more specific and search for a city. Like, "New home for sale Alameda CA", for instance. Then you'll have to be patient and poke around until you find one that is actually new. When you find one, take a look at who is building it, like this...

Plan Three from $725,800

4br 3.5ba 2gr 3 story, 2373 sq.ft.

Alameda, CA 94501

by The Warmington Group

Then you can check their website and you'll often be able to see everywhere they are building in the area as well as what plans they offer. Like this...

http://homesbywarmington.com/

http://homesbywarmington.com/communities/index.cfm?community_id=11

At that website it also gives you the name of the housing division (neighborhood) being built. In the case of this example, Grand Marina Village. Then you can search for "Grand Marina Village, Alameda, CA" and it pulls up all the new homes being built in that area.

You should be able to do similar searches for cities all over CA.

And boy do I wish we had houses ANYWHERE in the Bay Area for $100,000

My mom looked there before we all moved to Sacramento and the prices were insane

We stayed off of Webster Street in Alameda when I was in junior high

bboy87 said:

Cerebus said:

There are more new homes in California than there needs to be. And all the used ones were not built in the 70s. You'll need to be more specific and search for a city. Like, "New home for sale Alameda CA", for instance. Then you'll have to be patient and poke around until you find one that is actually new. When you find one, take a look at who is building it, like this...

Plan Three from $725,800

4br 3.5ba 2gr 3 story, 2373 sq.ft.

Alameda, CA 94501

by The Warmington Group

Then you can check their website and you'll often be able to see everywhere they are building in the area as well as what plans they offer. Like this...

http://homesbywarmington.com/

http://homesbywarmington.com/communities/index.cfm?community_id=11

At that website it also gives you the name of the housing division (neighborhood) being built. In the case of this example, Grand Marina Village. Then you can search for "Grand Marina Village, Alameda, CA" and it pulls up all the new homes being built in that area.

You should be able to do similar searches for cities all over CA.

And boy do I wish we had houses ANYWHERE in the Bay Area for $100,000

My mom looked there before we all moved to Sacramento and the prices were insane

We stayed off of Webster Street in Alameda when I was in junior high

I used to live on the Webster St end of the island. Now I'm on the Park St side.

Yeah, prices in Alameda are generally pretty high and they don't fluctuate as much as some other areas. It's an island, there can only ever be so many houses here. I was just using it as an example, but the Bay Area in general is pretty expensive, even AFTER the bust. I feel bad for everyone (like NDRU's girlfriend) who now has a property worth 1/2 to 1/3 of what they paid for it. But now is probably the right time to buy if you can. However... nobody should move to the Bay Area, really. Because it's really, like, the worst most awful and nasty place on Earth. It sucks here.

Cerebus said:

bboy87 said:

My mom looked there before we all moved to Sacramento and the prices were insane

We stayed off of Webster Street in Alameda when I was in junior high

I used to live on the Webster St end of the island. Now I'm on the Park St side.

Yeah, prices in Alameda are generally pretty high and they don't fluctuate as much as some other areas. It's an island, there can only ever be so many houses here. I was just using it as an example, but the Bay Area in general is pretty expensive, even AFTER the bust. I feel bad for everyone (like NDRU's girlfriend) who now has a property worth 1/2 to 1/3 of what they paid for it. But now is probably the right time to buy if you can. However... nobody should move to the Bay Area, really. Because it's really, like, the worst most awful and nasty place on Earth. It sucks here.

You should see some parts of Sacramento

I miss the Bay

sonic said:

bboy87 said:

Cerebus said:

I used to live on the Webster St end of the island. Now I'm on the Park St side.

Yeah, prices in Alameda are generally pretty high and they don't fluctuate as much as some other areas. It's an island, there can only ever be so many houses here. I was just using it as an example, but the Bay Area in general is pretty expensive, even AFTER the bust. I feel bad for everyone (like NDRU's girlfriend) who now has a property worth 1/2 to 1/3 of what they paid for it. But now is probably the right time to buy if you can. However... nobody should move to the Bay Area, really. Because it's really, like, the worst most awful and nasty place on Earth. It sucks here.

You should see some parts of Sacramento

I miss the Bay

No, no! The Bay Area is MUCH worse. Everyone should definitely move to Sacramento.

Cerebus said:

bboy87 said:

You should see some parts of Sacramento

I miss the Bay

No, no! The Bay Area is MUCH worse. Everyone should definitely move to Sacramento.

yes I agree, I tell every Hipster I see that there's gold in them thar hills... go East young Hipster, go East and find your fortune!

RenHoek said:

Cerebus said:

No, no! The Bay Area is MUCH worse. Everyone should definitely move to Sacramento.

yes I agree, I tell every Hipster I see that there's gold in them thar hills... go East young Hipster, go East and find your fortune!

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fluid said:

I'm rying to find new homes prices in California. Been searching sites and can't seem to find any. Are there any new homes out in California? They're all like 2 and $300K and are all built before the 70s. Here i Texas you can get a brand new house for $100,000. That and you can get a used 2 story for the same.

$100,000 ??? Holy hell, you can't even buy a studio apartment for that in Hamburg . Houses here start at one million euros

Maybe you might want to consider not looking for homes in Cali. Texas sounds like a good bargain

jumping keys that erase sh** when you type edit

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RenHoek said:

Cerebus said:

No, no! The Bay Area is MUCH worse. Everyone should definitely move to Sacramento.

yes I agree, I tell every Hipster I see that there's gold in them thar hills... go East young Hipster, go East and find your fortune!

If I could, I would definitely move up a little past the foothills northeast of Sacramento and stay there forever.

Cerebus said:

bboy87 said:

My mom looked there before we all moved to Sacramento and the prices were insane

We stayed off of Webster Street in Alameda when I was in junior high

I used to live on the Webster St end of the island. Now I'm on the Park St side.

Yeah, prices in Alameda are generally pretty high and they don't fluctuate as much as some other areas. It's an island, there can only ever be so many houses here. I was just using it as an example, but the Bay Area in general is pretty expensive, even AFTER the bust. I feel bad for everyone (like NDRU's girlfriend) who now has a property worth 1/2 to 1/3 of what they paid for it. But now is probably the right time to buy if you can. However... nobody should move to the Bay Area, really. Because it's really, like, the worst most awful and nasty place on Earth. It sucks here.

We're neighbors. I'm over by Edison School. Nice to know another Islander is here.

fluid said:

I'm rying to find new homes prices in California. Been searching sites and can't seem to find any. Are there any new homes out in California? They're all like 2 and $300K and are all built before the 70s. Here i Texas you can get a brand new house for $100,000. That and you can get a used 2 story for the same.

Cry me a river. The housing prices in Toronto are off the scale. You can't touch anything under $300K and that only gets you a very average house with almost no yard. If you want something really nice, you have to spend at least half a mil. And, at the moment, the Canadian dollar is at par if not better.

oldmanjohnson said:

Cerebus said:

I used to live on the Webster St end of the island. Now I'm on the Park St side.

We're neighbors. I'm over by Edison School. Nice to know another Islander is here.

Howdy neighbor.

Empress said:

fluid said:

I'm rying to find new homes prices in California. Been searching sites and can't seem to find any. Are there any new homes out in California? They're all like 2 and $300K and are all built before the 70s. Here i Texas you can get a brand new house for $100,000. That and you can get a used 2 story for the same.

Cry me a river. The housing prices in Toronto are off the scale. You can't touch anything under $300K and that only gets you a very average house with almost no yard. If you want something really nice, you have to spend at least half a mil. And, at the moment, the Canadian dollar is at par if not better.

I think the situation is even worse where I live in Berkeley, CA. Half a mil only gets you an average house with maybe a small deck/yard.

Whoever said nobody wants to move to Texas is lieing. Texas is one of the fastest growing states.

I thik 3 of the top 5 fastest growing cities are here. Dallas has just over 6 millon. Houston has just uder 6 milion and that's fast considering 10 years ago we were just over 5 million. It's going to grow by 3 million in 20 years so they say Houston and Dalas will have around 9 million people in 2030, as large as the current size of Chicago. Maybe bigger cause just Houston's city limit population was supposed to pass Cicago's last decade or even now.

San Fransisco is nt the nastiest place That's where everybody wants to move to. It's pretty, lots f parks,gay scene, and lots or parties/drugs I hear. I eard minimum house prince was $800,000. But compared to that $300,000 sounds good. My faily from Oaklad was suprised to see our old house in Northshore. With that price boundary I see why.

Los Angeles however is the pitt of California. There's sog,graffitti, and traffic. That's why I was considering moving to San Diego. LA was the place in Th 80s. I saw houses in LA and Sd for $200,000 ut I think they were ld. It seems here's a practce of fixing up od houses with brand new materials in Cali. In Texas we dont. Since new houses are so chep and BIG pretty new used houses are cheap we just go ahead and by them. There's plenty black and latinos in our suburbs. Especially older ones built before the late 80s. Those old $200,000 houses would be considered gheto here. You could get a house from he lae 60s for $40,000 no more than $60,000. And shit one from the 50s $30 maybe 20,000 Paying over $350L on a house in Houston is almost unheard of. If you get into 00K you are probrably on a team with Yao Ming, on TV, or sing with Beyonce.

fluid said:

San Fransisco is nt the nastiest place That's where everybody wants to move to.

You've heard of irony? Sarcasm? Of COURSE it's not a nasty place. The Bay Area is the my favorite place on Earth! But we don't need more people moving here.

RenHoek said:

Cerebus said:

No, no! The Bay Area is MUCH worse. Everyone should definitely move to Sacramento.

yes I agree, I tell every Hipster I see that there's gold in them thar hills... go East young Hipster, go East and find your fortune!

i lived in the sacramento area from 1992-2005, and sometimes i miss it. it was a lot cheaper over there, and if you move to the right area it's nice. the best areas to live crime wise and neighborhood wise, is roseville, folsom, eldorado hills. i lived in citrus heights in the early 90's, didn't like it there at all. and lived in elk grove from 96-2005 and it wasn't bad when i first moved there, was quiet and lived in a really nice neighborhood. but now elk grove has went down hill a lot! it's too close to south sac. which is not a good area. and galt is near by as well, which sucks too. so if i ever move back to sacto. area, i will avoid the bad places.

kimrachell said:

RenHoek said:

yes I agree, I tell every Hipster I see that there's gold in them thar hills... go East young Hipster, go East and find your fortune!

i lived in the sacramento area from 1992-2005, and sometimes i miss it. it was a lot cheaper over there, and if you move to the right area it's nice. the best areas to live crime wise and neighborhood wise, is roseville, folsom, eldorado hills. i lived in citrus heights in the early 90's, didn't like it there at all. and lived in elk grove from 96-2005 and it wasn't bad when i first moved there, was quiet and lived in a really nice neighborhood. but now elk grove has went down hill a lot! it's too close to south sac. which is not a good area. and galt is near by as well, which sucks too. so if i ever move back to sacto. area, i will avoid the bad places.

I lived in Fair Oaks, worked in Roseville and had a girlfriend in Placerville (of all places). I'll never move back there, though. It's too damn hot and the people are just different enough from those in the Bay Area that I noticed it. More hicks and hot rods. But I LOVED Folsom. All tucked away by itself just outside of the major population areas. There was a GREAT record store there at the time where I bought some great hard to find items. It's probably closed now.