$200K: Pasadena And Surrounds
Channeling the Wall Street Journal’s recent $200,000 median price check where they deemed Rochester, NY their dollar value champ, finding a 2,109 square feet 3 bed/2.5 bath house for $201,400– and factoring the “more than one-half acre” lot into the equation. Their nearly 3000 Sq. Ft. Dallas cul-de-sac house with pool might seem even more attractive to some eyes, mine included.
Let’s apply that locally. You’ll notice right off the bat that the listings here are all condos and most of them are just north of the $200K national median. Buying a single family home here at this price point, even during this crisis/disaster/meltdown- whichever term you feel most appropriate, remains a kind of steadfast pipe dream. These condominiums are also all below 1000 square feet, well below in some cases.
A 2/2 at 736 N Garfield is the largest of the current Pasadena offerings at 829 sq.ft, while $185K nets you a Manhattan-approved 229 sq.ft place in the historic Barcelona.
Here is an interesting one in neighboring Arcadia, where medium home price is significantly higher than either Pasadena or Glendale. 1025 W Huntington is the sole property listed in the city currently under the $250K filter. It’s relatively spacious, and at $197/sq.ft, it comes across as a definite deal.
Fact is, $200,000 housing while not exactly plentiful, can be found had in these cities. Transpose this search to much of the west side and things get less sparse, and more non-existent.
PASADENA
736 N Garfield AVE #104
$225,000
Beds: 2 / Baths: 2
SQ.FT.: 829
85 N Madison AVE #22
$185,000
Beds: - /Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 299
221 S Marengo AVE #2
$220,000
Beds: 1 / Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 710
GLENDALE
377 W California AVE #18
$229,000
Beds: 1 / Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 726
515 N Jackson ST #202
$239,000
Beds: 1 / Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 680
510 N Jackson ST #309
$250,000
Beds: 1 / Baths: 1
SQ.FT.: 749
ARCADIA
1025 W Huntington DR #K
$228,000
Beds: 3 / Baths: 2
SQ.FT.: 1,160
