Chances are… it looks a little different than today's numbers.
$85K.
$120K.
Maybe even under $60K depending on when you bought.

Fast forward to now, and the market has changed - prices, rates, competition… all of it.

But here's what hasn't changed:
Smart buyers still win when they have a plan.

That's where Texas Best Home Loans comes in.
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So let's hear it…
What did you pay for your very first home?



Braxton Sherrill
Braxton@TXBestHomeLoans.com
TXBestHomeLoans.com

Purchase price for my first home, $38,000 for 1,400 sq ft. I have a friend who not long ago paid that much for the front door of his home.

We purchased our first home when we moved to Seneca, SC in 1973. It was 1,200 sq. ft. and the price was $21,000.

Texas Best Home Loans, it is really none of your business how much I paid for my 1st home or anything else for that matter.

$28,500 for a 986 sf house in 1983. My loan was 12.5% variable interest.

Less than I paid for the last car I bought.

About 225k (2009).

Fannie Luddite said:

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Texas Best Home Loans, it is really none of your business how much I paid for my 1st home or anything else for that matter.

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Ok. Why click on the thread and post a response?

Only half the username checks out btw.

I bought two homes: one on Boardwalk and one on Park Place. They were a mere $200 apiece!

28 K New construction

My first house was a townhouse that I bought in 1979 for $46,900.

192k, 1800 sq ft ranch just outside of meyerland (Houston) in 2018

1974 $27,500 1375 sq ft

2007 1889 sq ft $119k

1998- $135,000,,,,,,,2845sq. ft. In Alief

In 1995 we paid $177,000.00 for 1,800 (ish) sf in Longwood near Cypress and sold it for $190,000 in 1998.

In 2007 we paid $167,000.00 for 1,700 (ish) sf in Pearland and sold it for $205,000 in 2015.

In 2015 we paid $308,000.00 for 2,854 sf in Bulverde near SA and we currently have it for sell at $699,999.00.

Better bang for the buck in The Hill Country!!

1988.....$89K.....
1800 SF....Coppell, TX

1983
Bedford, TX
1650 square feet
$84,500
10.75% interest rate
$15,000 in student loan debt
$42,000/year combined income

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Bulverde

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I love Bulverde.

It's the only place in the country where I've seen a ten point buck eating corn in the front yard from a home owners hand.

$33,500.00 in Lubbock, TX 1978

$35000 in Lexington Ky 1976. Monthly payment was $202 per month but my first year salary was $600 per month. Moved back to Texas in 1980 but mortgage rates were over 12% and could not sell it for two years until someone made an all cash. offer.

$13,500 in Forest Cove just north of humble. San Jacinto flooded like 3 years after we purchased it by the San Jacinto River.

$149k, round rock, like in 2004ish

2006. 107K. 1900 SF. San Antonio, TX

$110,000 (1991) - 2600 sq ft with a pool in McAllen. Sold it in 1999 for $156,000.
$270,000 (1999) - 3600 sq ft (new) in McAllen. Sold it in 2005 for $331,000.
Then moved north of SA near Bulverde, but now retired in South College Station.
$280,000 (2014) - 2100 sq ft in Heaven on Earth.

85k for a 1600 sq ft Larry Marriot built home in College Station in 1991

Sold it for 125 k in 2093 when we moved away

Haricougar said:

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85k for a 1600 sq ft Larry Marriot built home in College Station in 1991

Sold it for 125 k in 2093 when we moved away

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can you please let me know if the Aggies have won a national championship in football,basketball or baseball????? and what year they won it would be nice….

$8,000.00 2bdrm 1000 sq ft in 1977
Payments 108 per month that included taxes and insurance
Sherman Tx. Was making 3.95 per hour.

We moved to Forest Cove in 1965. My folks house was on Palmetto lane at top of the hill. Water got to my Mom's driveway that year but she was okay. Folks down the hill, not so much.