The thread for the, "buying under $600,000," crowd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any updates from current buyers? We're in the 550-600 price range and we're having a hard time finding anything. Workplace is in Bethesda, so we'd prefer to stay on the MD side.

I find Silver Spring to be exhausting. Comps are unreliable and can vary even from street to street in the same neighborhood, so we have no idea if the asking price is fair or not.

Not MD, but we recently moved to Brightwood DC and both work at NIH. Commute is about 30 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any updates from current buyers? We're in the 550-600 price range and we're having a hard time finding anything. Workplace is in Bethesda, so we'd prefer to stay on the MD side.

I find Silver Spring to be exhausting. Comps are unreliable and can vary even from street to street in the same neighborhood, so we have no idea if the asking price is fair or not.

Not MD, but we recently moved to Brightwood DC and both work at NIH. Commute is about 30 minutes.

We would have moved to DC yesterday if we could afford private.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax 22030 still has some SFHs for under 600k. I was able to buy a nicely upgraded SFH with 4 BR, zoned to Frost/Woodson in 2013. I think things in this area are starting to go up though -- townhomes are now selling in the mid 600s around me.

I like being not too far from Mosaic District, Fairfax Corner, Patriot Center, etc. and there are buses to Vienna metro.

Wait until prices go back down. That's insane.

[Anonymous]

Hey, I am the OP from last year! Happy to report that we found a house we're really excited about off Franconia Rd. in the Fairfax County part of Alexandria, 22310. Neighbors are nice, we're near enough to Old Town and the river that we go to both often, and we can walk to the store, the library, the gym, and a few restaurants, and we are a short bus ride from Metro. Keep looking.... you'll find it! We finally did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey, I am the OP from last year! Happy to report that we found a house we're really excited about off Franconia Rd. in the Fairfax County part of Alexandria, 22310. Neighbors are nice, we're near enough to Old Town and the river that we go to both often, and we can walk to the store, the library, the gym, and a few restaurants, and we are a short bus ride from Metro. Keep looking.... you'll find it! We finally did.

Great, which neighborhood? We would like to start looking over that direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax 22030 still has some SFHs for under 600k. I was able to buy a nicely upgraded SFH with 4 BR, zoned to Frost/Woodson in 2013. I think things in this area are starting to go up though -- townhomes are now selling in the mid 600s around me.

I like being not too far from Mosaic District, Fairfax Corner, Patriot Center, etc. and there are buses to Vienna metro.

Wait until prices go back down. That's insane.

Not really. It's a sought after school district, not too far from 66/beltway/Vienna metro, and the houses and townhomes going for 600k+ tend to be new builds or very upgraded. Growth has been steady and not off the charts the past couple of years. Things like Mosaic are making the area within a few miles outside the beltway more attractive. We're not out in some boonies nowhere near transit or jobs, but thanks for pretending you know anything about the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax 22030 still has some SFHs for under 600k. I was able to buy a nicely upgraded SFH with 4 BR, zoned to Frost/Woodson in 2013. I think things in this area are starting to go up though -- townhomes are now selling in the mid 600s around me.

I like being not too far from Mosaic District, Fairfax Corner, Patriot Center, etc. and there are buses to Vienna metro.

Wait until prices go back down. That's insane.

Not really. It's a sought after school district, not too far from 66/beltway/Vienna metro, and the houses and townhomes going for 600k+ tend to be new builds or very upgraded. Growth has been steady and not off the charts the past couple of years. Things like Mosaic are making the area within a few miles outside the beltway more attractive. We're not out in some boonies nowhere near transit or jobs, but thanks for pretending you know anything about the area.

Um, I'm actually from here, what's your excuse? Oh, you bought at the peak, poor you!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax 22030 still has some SFHs for under 600k. I was able to buy a nicely upgraded SFH with 4 BR, zoned to Frost/Woodson in 2013. I think things in this area are starting to go up though -- townhomes are now selling in the mid 600s around me.

I like being not too far from Mosaic District, Fairfax Corner, Patriot Center, etc. and there are buses to Vienna metro.

Wait until prices go back down. That's insane.

Not really. It's a sought after school district, not too far from 66/beltway/Vienna metro, and the houses and townhomes going for 600k+ tend to be new builds or very upgraded. Growth has been steady and not off the charts the past couple of years. Things like Mosaic are making the area within a few miles outside the beltway more attractive. We're not out in some boonies nowhere near transit or jobs, but thanks for pretending you know anything about the area.

Um, I'm actually from here, what's your excuse? Oh, you bought at the peak, poor you!

I bought a nice SFH for under 600k in a good school district and close to my job. I plan to live in it a long time because I purchased it as a consumption good, not strictly an investment. So not "poor me" at all. Clearly there is an entire thread of people looking for homes under 600k so I was sharing my experience.

[Anonymous]

I've seen nice affordable housing in Frederick,MD and Ashburn, VA, but both are pretty far out. Also, Silver Spring, MD, and Cameron Station and Kingstowne, VA.