{"id":1538,"date":"2010-07-17T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louisvillehomesblog.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2023-09-02T14:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:28:59","slug":"louisville-4-most-affordable-city-to-buy-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/louisville-4-most-affordable-city-to-buy-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisville #4 Most Affordable City to Buy a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes.com<\/a> website confuses me. I know they&#8217;re trying to have more pages, so each page can have more ads, thus more ad revenue, but as far as navigating it, I always find it frustrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/douglass_hills.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Home in Douglass Hills\" class=\"wp-image-8834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/douglass_hills.jpg 550w, https:\/\/trepryor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/douglass_hills-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Houses like this great ranch home in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trepryor.com\/louisville\/douglass-hills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Douglass Hills<\/a> are quite affordable when compared with the nation as a whole. | Photo: Tre Pryor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>But what&#8217;s not frustrating is that Forbes&#8217; analysts are high on Louisville real estate. So much so that again this year they rank our fair city quite high\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2010\/06\/23\/most-affordable-cities-homes-lifestyle-real-estate-housing_slide_8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">4th in the country<\/a>, in fact. Just last November, Francesca Levy had Louisville at #17 in her Best Bang-For-The-Buck Cities, which I posted here. So now, just over half a year later, she&#8217;s moved us up 13 spots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pittsburgh, Pa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indianapolis, Ind.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chattanooga, Tenn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Louisville, Ky.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oklahoma City, Okla.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Syracuse, N.Y.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rochester, N.Y.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Columbia, S.C.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dayton, Ohio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cincinnati, Ohio<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to read the entire piece, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2010\/06\/23\/most-affordable-cities-homes-lifestyle-real-estate-housing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Affordable Places to Buy a Home<\/a>, where you&#8217;ll find this paragraph highlighting Louisville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the Midwest, neighboring Indiana and Kentucky both boast metros high on the list: Indianapolis, Ind., came in second place, and Louisville, Ky., placed fourth. Homeowners in both cities spend around 20% of their income on the monthly costs of ownership. That&#8217;s an added perk to the already low cost of housing&#8211;in Indianapolis, 95% of residents can afford a median-priced home, more than anywhere else in the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forbes.com website confuses me. 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