Re:The Housing Market in San Francisco and Ideas to Fix It
by djb_hackernews on Thursday April 07, 2016 @05:51PM
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I think that on a total cost basis SF is more expensive than Boston, but I think your money goes a lot further in SF than it does in Boston. The units in Boston tend to be smaller, without amenities, ancient, in need of significant repair or all of the above.
I wouldn't be surprised if like for like, Boston is indeed more expensive than SF... I just checked Redfin for properties in core of Boston (Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Downtown, etc) built since 2000 and roughly average square foot price was $1200.
Did the same thing for SF (focusing on SoMa area) and it looks like it's more like $1000/sq ft...
Re:The Housing Market in San Francisco and Ideas to Fix It
by alogray on Thursday April 07, 2016 @08:17PM
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Interesting.
Although, if housing in Boston tends to be of lower quality than SF housing, might that not put extra demand on the more recent and presumably nicer housing?
I wouldn't be surprised if like for like, Boston is indeed more expensive than SF... I just checked Redfin for properties in core of Boston (Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Downtown, etc) built since 2000 and roughly average square foot price was $1200. Did the same thing for SF (focusing on SoMa area) and it looks like it's more like $1000/sq ft...