Is there something wrong with Seaside Oregon? Beachfront real estate there is dirt cheap?

Question

Seaside Oregon was on a list that was featured on AOL of good affordable places to buy a vacation home. However, seeing beachfront real estate this cheap makes me wonder if there's something wrong with it? Do any of you know anything about Seaside Oregon?

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Answer 1

I like Seaside. I'm from WA and the beaches here are very cold and the sand isn't very barefoot friendly. To me Seaside is way better then our beaches, but still not nearly as good as a Cali beach. I like the town of Seaside, it is cute. It is just a typical northwest beach: cold.

Answer 2

seaside is great! i live here in portland, roughly 2 hours away. it has a bunch of cute little stores, and during the summer, the tourism is crazy. i dont know why it is so cheap, but i would totally buy a vacation home there if i didnt already have a condo in cannon beach, ( about 30 miles south)

Answer 3

The real low prices were for condos/townhouse... and it looked like they were small. Houses started around 160,000 for small old run down units.

Another thing to keep in mind when looking at housing prices, there are not really any jobs in that area which tends to depress housing values.

Answer 4

Either the school system sucks or this is a high crime area. And dont forget, when people think of Beachfront property, they think of WARM beachfront property. Oregon isn't warm.