Move-In-Ready Houses in the US for Around $100,000
We published 13 US homes that cost under €100,000 and do not need gutting. They start at $75,000. Here is where they are.
RealHunt Research · 2026-09-23
Search for cheap houses in the US and you find thousands under $100,000. Open them and many are the same story: fire damage, boarded windows, "cash only, investor special". We went through them looking for the opposite, homes you could move into this month, and published 13 so far.
They are asking between $75,000 and $110,000. On RealHunt every price is in euros so homes in different countries can be compared; at the rate we used, that is €65,428 to €95,961.
Where they are
The Pittsburgh area comes up more than anywhere else. McKees Rocks, McKeesport and Clairton, old steel towns along the rivers, have brick houses from the early 1900s with updated kitchens for $75,000 to $98,500. West Virginia has two: a three-bedroom on a double lot in Huntington for $89,900, and a two-bedroom with a newer metal roof in Chapmanville for $95,000. Then Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, New York, and one condo near the beach in Little River, South Carolina.
What "move-in ready" means here
We only publish a US home if the photos show a kitchen and bathroom in working order, floors, walls and windows in good shape, and no sign of major damage. It is not an inspection. It is a first filter so you do not waste an afternoon on a house with a hole in the roof.
Buying as a foreigner
Anyone can buy a house in the US. You do not need residency or a visa. Buyer closing costs are usually 2% to 5% of the price: title insurance, escrow and recording fees. Property tax is charged every year by the county or town, often somewhere between 0.5% and 2% of the assessed value, and the listing usually shows it. Owning a home does not give you the right to live in the US; that is a separate visa question.
What to check
Get a home inspection. Ask about the age of the roof, the furnace and the water heater, which are the big bills in the first years. Check flood zone maps for houses near rivers. And look at the street on a map: in some of these towns, prices can change a lot from one block to the next.
See them all: homes in the United States.