5-Best Places To Retire - A Place Where There's Definately Active Rain!

On the March 15th. airing of the NBC Today Show famed real estate expert, Barbara Corcoran chose Astoria, Oregon as "one of the best areas to retire for city people in pursuit of a quieter place". View the article at: http://www.barbaracorcoran.com/

While I agree with most points in her article, Barbara falls very short in the data cited pertaining to our average home prices of: $ 153,500.

For the record, I searched our MLS service and found a total of 3-active Astoria residential listings in that price point. There were a few common denominators, all three were built prior to 1915, all are located on substandard sized lots, lack a garage and require some level of restoration. Ironically enough, one would have to simply double that notion. An active search of the inventory reveals that there are currently 124 residential homes available with an average sales price of: $ 349,000.

Suffice it to say, city folks can find a quieter place to retire, but they need to come with a bit more money in their wallets. Feel free to investigate all that Astoria has to offer by utilizing the MLS search tool located on my personal website at: http://www.mariannepittard.com/