On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:27:55 -0600, "JerryMouse"
wrote:

Dick wrote:
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:24:08 -0500, "Kathy"
wrote:


"HeatMan" wrote in message
...
We just put a contract on an existing house in the northern suburbs
of Atlanta. The cost per (livable) square foot works out to be
about $53.00.


Sounds like a good bargain. I just had my house appraised for a
re-fi and it comes out to $176. per square foot of livable space.
Does not include garage. My home would actually sell for probably
30% more than the appraisal.


It's pretty rare today to find a decent house for under $100/sq ft in
many areas of the country.

Hmm. I'm in Houston. 3000 sq ft, 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, brick, new roof, 4-car
detached garage. $120,000. 'Course the building WAS a duplex which was
upgraded via an internal door....


Well of course. Everything's different in Texas. :-) My daughter
just bought a beautiful 2,900 sq.ft. house in Fort Worth on a golf
course for $270K. Ten years old. All brick. Media room with 10-ft.
screen, etc. Here in Arizona that house would be $350K to $400K