{"id":500,"date":"2008-10-20T13:16:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T17:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realst8.crankpin.com\/?p=500"},"modified":"2011-03-21T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T16:22:34","slug":"half-a-million-in-south-bend-and-granger-and-mishawaka-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/real-estate\/half-a-million-in-south-bend-and-granger-and-mishawaka-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Half a Million in South Bend (and Granger and Mishawaka) Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reader wonders<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>what throwing down half a million buys you in the area?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Based on sales this year between $450k and $550k this year, you could expect a newer 3,000 &#8211; 4,000 square foot home with 3 or 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and some combination of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Brick front\n<p><figure style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brick front home in Granger, IN\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/brick-front.jpg\" alt=\"c\" width=\"250\" height=\"194\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>with a 2-story living space\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2-story living room in Granger, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/2-story.jpg\" alt=\"c\" width=\"250\" height=\"168\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/li>\n<li>with a wall of windows\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wall of Windows in Granger Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/windows.jpg\" alt=\"Wall of Windows in Granger Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>and a balcony or catwalk that overlooks it\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Catwalk in Granger Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/catwalk.jpg\" alt=\"Catwalk in Granger Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>an island kitchen\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Island Kitchen in South Bend, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/island-kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"Island Kitchen in South Bend, Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"190\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>a master bath with a big tub and tiled shower tucked to one side\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Master Bath in Granger, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/tub.jpg\" alt=\"Master Bath in Granger, Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"194\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>a finished lower level, often a walkout\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Walkout lower level in Granger, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/walkout-lower-level.jpg\" alt=\"Walkout lower level in Granger, Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"182\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>a moderately complicated roofline so your house looks great on Google Maps\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roofline in Granger, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/roofline.jpg\" alt=\"Roofline in Granger, Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"207\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>a 3-car garage for all your toys\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3-car garage in Granger Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/3-car-garage.jpg\" alt=\"3-car garage in Granger Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"186\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>and prime setting &#8211; 1+ acre, a wooded lot, or on an artificial pond &#8211; so you have something to see from your wall of windows.\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 260px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pond in South Bend, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/pond.jpg\" alt=\"Pond in South Bend, Indiana\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll have to wade through homes on the market that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>are near drawbacks like power lines\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 360px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Home near Power Lines in Granger, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/powerlines.jpg\" alt=\"Home near Power Lines in Granger, Indiana\" width=\"350\" height=\"174\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>are listed for 30%+ more than the seller paid at the peak of the market in 2006\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 361px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Price History of one home in Granger Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/unexpected-price-increase.jpg\" alt=\"Price History of one home in Granger Indiana\" width=\"351\" height=\"402\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>have custom upgrades and decor from the last owner\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 360px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Custom Decor in South Bend, IN\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/custom-decor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>or are in areas where you will be surrounded by vacant lots and construction for years at the current pace of new home construction\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 360px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New neighborhood in Granger, Indiana\" src=\"http:\/\/realst8.com\/images\/half\/construction.jpg\" alt=\"New neighborhood in Granger, Indiana\" width=\"350\" height=\"239\" \/><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Want to see more?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Half a million dollar homes near South Bend, IN\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/66ftsy\" target=\"_blank\">Homes that are listed for sale at 450-550k<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader wonders what throwing down half a million buys you in the area? Based on sales this year between $450k and $550k this year, you could expect a newer 3,000 &#8211; 4,000 square foot home with 3 or 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and some combination of the following: Brick front But you&#8217;ll have to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realst8.com\/staging\/9756\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}