Tampa is one of the most affordable Florida cities to live in.
A $285,000 home in Tampa is literally worth $MILLIONS elsewhere in the world.
Tampa was the fourth-most-affordable market examined in Florida. Once again, the state's most expensive market was Key West, where a 2,200-square-foot house went for $818,239.
398 markets around the world were examined comaring 2,200-square-foot houses with 4 bedrooms and 21/2 bathrooms fit for a mid-level executive.
- Tampa's average home price is 1/9th that of Dubai's.
- A modest house in Ireland will bust your mortgage at $1.6-million
- Domestically, La Jolla, Calif., topped the least-affordable category with an average price of $1.8-million.
- The San Diego suburb beat out last year's winner, Beverly Hills.
- In Dubai, set amid oil rich states of the Middle East, a junior executive would have to cough up a cool $2.45-million.
- Even Dublin, Ireland, and Bucharest, Romania, were in the million-dollar club.
- On the other end of the spectrum, you can get a four-bedroom home in Quito, Ecuador, for less than $96, 750.
Thinking of moving?
What will a four-bedroom house cost you?
Dubai $2.45-million
Greenwich, Conn. $1.79-million
Boston $1.5-million
Amsterdam $1.28-million
Key West $818,239
Miami $600,000
Orlando $343,000
Tampa $285,000
Las Vegas $272,000
Sioux City, Iowa $133,000
By James Thorner, Times Staff Writer
abridged by Lois Szydlwoski