09-01-2021, 08:21 PM
<p>I know that prices have dropped, but I find some of the prices I see here at OKC a little crazy lately. We are not located on the coast and, as a rule, we do not see boom/bust cycles associated with housing prices in the largest markets (we occupy the 25th-26th largest in the country, 1.4 million people for the entire metro, which drops us to about 40th place in total statistical area).<br>You can buy real historical real estate in Places Park, Crown Heights, Edgemere Park....... as listed on the National Historic Register, just a few miles north of downtown, not south and west (where everything south, east and west is worth 1/8 of what you buy). In the same price range as similar things or other new properties that I see.<br>In other areas, in some "desirable" areas, I see things like a 1,400 sq.ft. 3/2 bungalow, without a garage, with an asking price of $ 300,000. For me, this is madness. Oklahoma is a cheap state to live in, but wages are also lower there. <br>The only thing I can think of is that the ACS had the lowest unemployment rates in the country before the pandemic, and we are still ranked 2nd or 3rd in the country since it began.<br></p>