https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:01:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/3#post-94172 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:52:51 +0000 BSB 94172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Cool, thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/3#post-93843 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:57:00 +0000 mrs. wagon 93843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: We live in Dedham. I grew up north of Boston and now we're south, and I've lived in greater Boston as well as west of Boston... so I know all the neighborhoods! When the time comes definitely let me know and I can help direct you to some great neighborhoods with good school systems that are affordable. We're in the same boat and always keeping our eyes open, so I can definitely share my research with you always!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/3#post-93833 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:33:01 +0000 ecogirl 93833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maysprout How funny that we are talking about the exact same town in New Jersey! Haha :) I love my house here but I really do struggle with not having a large backyard. My husband always says that Central Park is right outside the door but it's different. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/3#post-93792 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:40:19 +0000 BSB 93792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: What suburb do you live in? In about a year, I might take a job in Boston and I'm sort of scoping out the suburbs to see what's a good affordable and safe neighborhood. We *hopefully* should have a LO by then, so schools might be important, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/3#post-93781 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:59:19 +0000 Red 93781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a city just outside Sacramento, CA and we pay a little over $5000 mortgage for a one-story 2860 sq ft home. Real estate prices here are a bit higher than the surrounding areas but it's worth it for the awesome school system and the great small town community.</p> <p>ETA: Actually, I forgot that we recently paid off one of the loans and re-financed the house, so our mortgage is now $4200 (prop tax included). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/3#post-93764 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:32:02 +0000 Maysprout 93764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My IL lived in Mendham too, that's just where I was thinking of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/3#post-93759 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:23:18 +0000 ecogirl 93759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maysprout I would love that! Do you live in New Jersey? I have a friend that lives in Mendham and she has a gorgeous home with an indoor pool, outdoor pool, media room and even a two lane bowling alley! I really would like my children to have a nice big yard and a swingset to play on but my husband really likes splitting our time between Japan and New York :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93737 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:02:29 +0000 Maysprout 93737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ecogirl: If you want to take the train in from NJ you can get an indoor and outdoor pool with a lot more space and yard for a less then a third of that. But then you don't have the city right there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93712 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:47:43 +0000 ecogirl 93712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BKCaribbaby We have a 5 floor townhome on the UES near the park. It's about 3800 sq feet which isn't huge I know :) I think the indoor pool and carriage house bump the price up though. It is luxurious but I still feel that in another state it wouldn't be worth 6 million. You are the expert though so I will defer to you! :) I am lucky that we have the good fortune to have our home I agree with you there! Thank you! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93704 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:38:20 +0000 BKCaribBaby 93704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work in the real estate industry here in NYC. If you are paying $20K per month, you must own or rent a very LARGE townhouse or apartment in a very high end neighborhood in Manhattan. I'm not saying $20K per month isn't possible, but you must be lucky to live in an extremely luxurious home. Nice....:) We own our apartment in Brooklyn and because of what we've put down we pay less than $3K per month for a small 2 bed/2ba apartment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93661 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:54:35 +0000 ecogirl 93661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AlittleP Thank you so much!! You are so kind :) I have never been to Seattle and have always wanted to go! How do you like it? I am really amazed at how varied the cost of living is too! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93651 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:37:11 +0000 ALittleP 93651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow - @ecogirl, what a beautiful home. I'm sure yours is just as gorgeous especially with a pool!</p> <p>We are in a rental apartment until our house is ready - it's a two bedroom, two bath and pay $1,800 plus we pay more for parking. We're in the process of buying a four bedroom, three bath 3,500 sq. foot house for a little less than $600,000 - it's a short sale so it's a very good deal! We live in Seattle.</p> <p>We also own a small one bedroom unit in a cooperative building in Washington, DC, which is currently rented at $1,900 a month.</p> <p>I'm so envious of people who live in lower cost of living cities but we're happy to be here in Seattle. We moved from SF just five months ago, where we were paying $2,400 for a one bedroom rental plus an additional $250 for parking.</p> <p>It's amazing how the cost of living is so varied across the country! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93559 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:30:20 +0000 ecogirl 93559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ModernDaisy Haha :) It sounds lovely!</p> <p>Emahlee Thank you so much! You are so sweet :)</p> <p>Cyneswith I would love to have 1 acre much less 2 acres! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93537 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:54:55 +0000 cyneswith 93537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Your monthly rent is enough to finance an adoption. We have to save for years to scrape enough together for that.</p> <p>If we get a 4 bedroom, 3 bath, 2500 sq ft house on 2 acres with a 15 year loan, we're looking at $1400 a month. $1000 on the 30year. Not on 2 acres with a kitchen the size of a garage, then we're looking at $1K a month on the 15 year loan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93525 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:44:29 +0000 joyjoy 93525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our mortgage is $2400 for a 2bd/2br condo in the SF south bay. Most of the comparable apartments in our area rent for about the same, while a good number go for even more (usually $2500-3000). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93523 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:41:12 +0000 emahlee 93523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ecogirl: so the link you provided isn't your place, but yours must be gorgeous nonetheless. I'm so jealous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93521 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:36:41 +0000 emahlee 93521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're on an accelerated payment schedule at $1700/month for a 2 bedroom condo in Toronto.</p> <p>To get a better understanding of the housing market here, it costs a minimum of $650,000 for a 1500sqf townhouse in north Toronto (on subway line, but 20 minute drive from city core). That means $3000/month with a 20% downpayment and 20-year amortization period at current Canadian interest rates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93515 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:30:41 +0000 googly-eyes 93515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>$1195 for a 1b/1ba. We'll be moving soon and hopefully staying around $1300 for a 2bd, but it will be a longer commute. 20k/mo would be like if we won the lottery! Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93500 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:10:47 +0000 littlebug 93500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our mortgage is $1800 a month, plus we pay $300 a month to my parents to pay back the loan they gave us for the down payment. Our mortgage includes our taxes, which are about $3800 a year. We love in a suburb of Philly. It's a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, about 1900 square feet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93484 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:55:21 +0000 mrsjyw 93484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our mortgage is $1750/month for a 3,000 sq. ft/4 br home in MI suburbs.</p> <p>My parents rent a 2 br 900 sq ft apt for $850/month.</p> <p>We're looking into refinancing because rates are so low right, our mortgage will likely stay the same, but our 30 year term will be cut in half!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93481 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:52:35 +0000 Modern Daisy 93481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I"m sorry, did you say $20K/month in mortgage/maintenance? Wow! We just bought a small 2 bedroom and I think our monthly payments are around $3,700 total. Our maintenance is about $1,100 so I guess the mortgage is $2,600. Definitely higher than average, but I guess not that bad for NYC. </p> <p>If we were to rent our place out right now it would for sure go for around $4,500/month. We live in the west 70's which has less than a 1% vacancy rate and it's a real 2 bedroom with updated kitchen and bath. It also gets a ton of light and has a live in super so we get packages. Sorry I sound like I'm selling my apartment, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93440 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:25:38 +0000 mrs. wagon 93440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay (in rent) $1850 for 3 bed, 2.5 bath approx. 1900 sq feet 3 story townhouse with no garage or yard, on a busy street, in a suburb about 25 mins from downtown Boston. We got a pretty good deal though because the unit next to ours (almost identical) rented for $2200. </p> <p>We have a condo in the city (Allston, a neighborhood of Boston, kind of like Queens is to NYC) which is a 1 br 1 ba 620 sq feet in a concierge building with gym, pool, and underground parking. Our mortgage payment is low but our condo fee is high. The current tenant is paying $1875, and that more than covers our costs for the condo, which is great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93439 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:25:22 +0000 LuLu Mom 93439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay 1100 a month for a 3 BR/2 BA split level house with a finished basement that is less than 10 years old. It's a corner lot so we have a huge yard for our pup and future kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93436 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:23:19 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 93436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Ha! ya.. you'd think we'd be able to pay off debt faster in that case, but our salaries are also not very high. Especially in the next coming year. (baby + daycare + hurt husband that can't work much ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93435 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:22:36 +0000 ecogirl 93435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>MrsBee I was just about to say that! What a wonderful deal Blushink! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93433 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:20:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 93433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: wow you can't even get a studio for that price here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93432 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:19:55 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 93432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow that is a beautiful home, and honestly... I would love to live in NYC if I had the money. But my 4 bedroom 1.5 bath for 950$ a month seems like the perfect thing for us. </p> <p>We have a yard, above ground pool and we use pretty much every square inch of our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93420 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:05:57 +0000 Mrs. Bee 93420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 bedrooms are around 3-4k in a nicer building in new york. it costs more to live here, but i think salaries are also higher here. </p> <p>park slope is not really cheaper than manhattan, but you do get more space for your money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93416 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:02:06 +0000 ecogirl 93416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Andrea Well maybe I won't tell my husband about the higher taxes in Westchester when I bring it up! haha :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-is-your-mortgagerent-in-your-area/page/2#post-93412 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:00:10 +0000 Running Elley 93412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our mortgage on a 3 bedroom (with extra room for office), 2 bath house is $795/month and we're in central CA. </p>