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mwmisses4289

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2. Yup. Houston area is probably one of the last big metro areas to become unaffordable.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2026, 12:58 PM

22 hrs ago

There are at least four new subdivisions going up around me, and houses in the least expensive one start at $290,000.
Our own house, if we wanted to try and sell (we don't), would have an asking price some $100,000 or so more than what we bought it for.
And rents! Holy moly, rents around us are as much or more than our mortgage payment for a studio or one bedroom apartment! Don't even get me on rents for homes!

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Real-Estate Agents Are Quitting the Slow Housing Market [View all] Zorro 23 hrs ago OP

The prices are still through the roof just about everywhere. Someone wrote a letter to the editor last week in a Vinca 23 hrs ago #1

Yup. Houston area is probably one of the last big metro areas to become unaffordable. mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #2

Everyone is stuck. It's a no win right now. OC375 22 hrs ago #3

Interest rates make moving hard to stomach for me Johnny2X2X 21 hrs ago #5

I too, have equity built up in my home too, some four times then what I paid for it, but then, where would I go, SWBTATTReg 21 hrs ago #6

I mean, if you want to move to a lower cost area Johnny2X2X 21 hrs ago #7

There are pros and cons on both sides of the issue. One place I sold (actually three places w/ four mobile SWBTATTReg 20 hrs ago #8

Not just the interest rates, the cost is still not coming down to be able to afford, period. haele 20 hrs ago #10

Too many people got a license, started selling on the side and oversaturated the market. MichMan 22 hrs ago #4

My sympathy is limited when it comes to real estate folks. MineralMan 20 hrs ago #9