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An apartment is about $1600/month.

In my neighborhood, the lowest would probably be $2500, but I've seen them far upwards of that. It just depends how grimy you are willing to go. You could probably find a college crash pad for slightly less, but a family home would start at $2500. There is a 3br on my block going for $4000 right now.

In my area closer to $3000.

Oops misunderstood ...in bk heights between 6 and 10k I think? Depending on the building.

To rent, $700-$1300 depending on if you want a garage.

To buy, $150k-$350k.

You'd be looking at 1500-2000 sq feet and an older house, possibly 1 car or no garage on the low end; new construction, 2000 sq ft + and 2-3 car garage on the high end.

I live in North Dakota.

Somewhere around $650. My jaw is hanging open about the other answers!! I guess living in the middle of nowhere in the backwoods has its benefits sometimes.

Google tells me a 3br apartment in my zip code is $1500/mo

I'm not totally sure since apartments are listed with the number of total rooms and not the number of bedrooms. But in my neighborhood I would say the equivalent of about $2500-3500.

in chicago -- as cheap as $2500/mo for a place that isn't rehabbed at all (think college housing) to about 3000-3500 for a normal place and sky is the limit for fancy buildings

when we were looking at renting vs buying, we were planning around 3k for a 3bed.

to buy - 450-650k in the neighborhoods we looked in (downtown and near north side like lincoln park)

The average in my neighborhood is $7500/mo. The cheapest I see in my specific neighborhood is $3,800 and they can also be upwards of $15,000.
A true 3 bedroom is not very common here. I live in a new luxury condo building and we don't have any 3 bedroom units.