The Plight of the First Time Home Buyer

They should try Longfellow:

Southwest Journal Online

Both late-twentysomethings work full-time – Parrish is a consultant and Lisa runs an interior design business – and they’re ready to spend around $350,000.

After six weeks of hunting, though, a pattern started to emerge in the homes they viewed.

“The houses we’ve looked at under $300,000, there’s just so much work that would have to be done,” Lisa Aharam said. “It’s frustrating. We’re finding that in Linden Hills, in our price range, you really can’t find anything.”