What city and state do you live in and how much do you pay for rent/mortagage???

[Arkitech]

I know its kind of a stupid question, but I'm strongly considering relocating from Chicago to another area for a while and I'm curious as to what rent and mortgages are like in other states, cities, etc.

 

[Electric Amish]

Mine are kinda f'd up.......

West Jordan, Utah ~1200sqft
$1050/mo 15year mortgage.

 

[NogginBoink]

Grand Prairie, TX (suburb of Dallas)

1800 sqft home built 1981, $106K. My mortgage is low because I don't have PMI or escrow, so I'm paying <$600 a month, but I pay my property taxes and insurance outside the mortgage payments.

 

[GasX]

Hoboken, NJ
1 Bedroom apartment w/ reserved indoor parking spot
$1650/month

 

[CPA]

Katy, TX (suburb of Houston)

building a 5000sq ft house for 243K. Mortgage will be about $1500/month on a thirty year note or 1950/month on a 15 year note. Not sure which one I will take.

BTW, while house is being built, we're living in a 1200sqft apartment for $1200/month. Go figure. God, I can't wait till my house is done.

 

[Cyberian]

Take a look at Rent.net and Realtor.com.

If you are going to buy, make sure you look at property taxes and costs for electric, water, sewer, fuel oil and so on.
My mortgage is paid off and I still pay ~$550/month just in property taxes.
The electric rates here are also just about the highest in the country.

 

[Linflas]

I am in Manassas, VA. We just refinanced and our mortgage is around $1630.00 per month including tax and homeowners insurance escrow. House is around 2500 square feet on a 3/4 acre lot.

 

[vi edit]

Near Cedar Rapids, IA.

$800 a month mortgage for 3br, 2ba, 1554 sq/ft townhouse. That amount doesn't include my PMI or property tax and home owners insurance escrow. I'm looking to refinace to drop it down to about $620 a month.

Before we bought the house, I was paying $610 a month rent for a 2br, 700 sq/ft condo.

[edi]Property taxes came in at ~$1300 a year.

 

[Maverick]

Denver, CO
1 bedroom apt thats around 700 sq ft. I pay $725 for rent. Denver SUCKS for housing :|

I wanted to buy a house but I realized the current market is high prices with low interest rates. Thats really only good for people looking to refinance. Better to buy at a lower price with higher rate then refinance when rates go down. Rates changes, your loan amount doesn't

 

[LordSnailz]

$1750 2bd/1 bath in mtn. view, CA - silicon valley.

 

[xospec1alk]

NYC, 2bedroom apt on the 6th floor of a walkup for 2000/mo

 

[Ameesh]

Kirkland, WA 3450 Sq Ft house, rent is $2450 a month

 

[nord1899]

Huntington, NY (Eastern Long Island).
2br, 1.5 bath apartment in a multi-family home
$1675 month

 

[bighurtx82]

Phoenix, AZ
2 bedroom / 2 bath apartment
1100 sqft
$850/month

 

[iamwiz82]

one bedroom one bath apt. @ $649 for 12 months.(The original price on the apt was $740)

 

[Rivergater]

manhattan, midtown east.
1350 sq ft.
Converted 3 bedroom, 2 bath

$4,350/month

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Near Cedar Rapids, IA.

$800 a month mortgage for 3br, 2ba, 1554 sq/ft townhouse. That amount doesn't include my PMI or property tax and home owners insurance escrow. I'm looking to refinace to drop it down to about $620 a month.

Before we bought the house, I was paying $610 a month rent for a 2br, 700 sq/ft condo.

[edi]Property taxes came in at ~$1300 a year.

Damn you and your it's so cheap to live in IA posts!

What major cities are you near, what's their population, what's the job market like there?

 

[BigJohnKC]

Kansas City, MO
960 sq. ft. apartment, 2 bedroom, 2 bath
$704/month

 

[Fausto]

I'm just outside of Atlanta and have a mortgage a bit over $1000/mo for a 1400 sq/ft brick ranch on 0.25 acre lot. Atlanta is like any other big city where homes get exponentially more expensive as you move closer in, although there are "developing" areas (read: used to be the ghetto, but are turning around) that are still bargains, but will be a bit rough for a few years to come. Overall cost of living is pretty reasonable for such a big city.

OT- According to my boss (who is from Chicago) our traffic here hasn't gotten as bad as yours yet. We're trying tho.

 

Brooklyn, NY -- DUMBO
$2000/m + $150 parking
One bedroom with elevator, laundry, & gym

 

[UltraQuiet]

Millington, TN
~1100 sq/ft
$0 for rent, $0 for utilities. I pay for cable and phone.

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
Denver, CO
1 bedroom apt thats around 700 sq ft. I pay $725 for rent. Denver SUCKS for housing :|

I wanted to buy a house but I realized the current market is high prices with low interest rates. Thats really only good for people looking to refinance. Better to buy at a lower price with higher rate then refinance when rates go down. Rates changes, your loan amount doesn't

Ummmm Shiva, you do realize that the longer you wait the more it will cost. Home prices don't go down unless the area goes or is going to sh!t. Those high prices you speak of will only get higher.

 

[vi edit]

Ross, I live 25 minutes south of Cedar Rapids, and 10 minutes north west of Iowa City. CR has a metro area of around 180,000. Iowa City has a population of around 80,000. When I moved here a little over two years ago, unemployment was at .02%. Yes, two hundreths of a percent. It's gone up some since then, but it is still much, much lower than the national average.

Insurance, financial, and medical industries are very easy to hop into. IT has dried up a bit, but there's still quite a few jobs listed.

 

[BlueApple]

Arlington VA (4 miles to DC)

60 y/o, 1500 sq ft townhouse was refinanced and is now at $1670.

 

[Ime]

I live in Alabama (I wasn't born here but moved here).

I rent a 1034 sqft 2 bedroom 2nd (top) floor apartment that was built in 1999. I pay $540/mo.

The wife hates it(we live in the middle of nowhere), but I love it(cost of living is so low)!