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What $200,000 will get you around America

by Pamela Peterson

It’s no secret that some cities compared to others have larger asking prices for smaller spaces.

PropertyShark wanted to test the logic and figure out what a homebuyer can get for their money in cities around the United States. To do so, they set a buying price of $200,000 and found out the amount of square feet a buyer could purchase.

In Boston, a buyer gets 371 square feet for $200,000. Compared to other cities, Boston falls on the lower end the space someone could purchase. Manhattan and San Francisco buyers have less than 300 square feet. In cities like Dallas and Orlando, buyers purchase just under 2,000 square feet for the same price.

Cleveland leads all the cities as the spot to buy the most space with $200,000 with 3,769 square feet. The city’s median price was calculated out to be $53 per square foot. On the opposite end of the scale, at no surprise, Manhattan was found to be the most expenses. With the median price calculated out to be $1,585 per square foot, a buyer would get 126 square feet for $200,000.

The two extremes differ because of the market and population of the cities. Cities like Boston, San Francisco and San Jose are seeing similar trends like Manhattan because of the booming markets.

San Antonio has similar space available to Cleveland, with 3,249 square feet, which is surprising. The city has thriving businesses, healthcare and education and is only going to continue to grow in popularity.

Los Angeles can get buyers more 501 square feet of space, which is higher than all the other California cities reported.

“Looking at the data, it’s safe to say that if you’re in the market to buy a home this year, chances are that you’ll need to come up with a lot more than just the U.S. median price to buy a spacious home in one of the country’s high-profile cities, or a lot less, if you chose a more affordable city. Either way, one thing is for sure, you’ll sacrifice either space or location to stay within this budget,” the PropertyShark report said.

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