Historic, Finished Basement
1906 Baltimore Rowhome, 1594 Sqft, Two Full Baths — $109,900
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 7 | 1906 rowhome, 1594 sqft, finished basement, front porch, rear patio, 2 full baths |
| Condition | 25% | 5 | No system dates named; cosmetic-level description only, condition unknown |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 9 | $69/sqft vs $154 zip median — 55% below; thin 8-comp data but directionally strong |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 9 | $109,900 vs $326,359 median — 66% below; zip driven by full rowhome resales, comparable |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | 37.3% price drops and 34-day DOM signal buyer leverage; sale-to-list near par |
At $69 a square foot, this is roughly half what comparable rowhomes in the zip code are selling for. The median sale price in the area runs around $326,000. This one is $109,900. That gap is large enough that it changes what you can do here, whether that means buying with cash, keeping your mortgage payment low, or having money left over to actually fix the place up rather than just hoping it holds together.
The house is a 1906 interior rowhome on North Robinson Street, 1,594 square feet across three levels if you count the finished basement, which you should. Most rowhomes in Baltimore treat the basement as storage. A finished one with enough room for a home office or a rec room is a real extra, and here it adds to what is already a reasonably sized two-bed layout for this building type.
There is a front porch and a rear patio, which matters more than it sounds. Baltimore rowhomes without outdoor space feel like vertical apartments. Having both ends covered gives you somewhere to sit in the morning and somewhere to put a grill. The kitchen is described as large. The washer and dryer are on the upper level, which is the right floor for them.
The condition is the honest question here. The listing gives you cosmetic language and nothing else. No mention of when the systems were last touched, no roof date, no HVAC notes, no water heater. That does not mean those things are bad, it means you cannot know from the listing what you are walking into. A thorough inspection is not optional at this price point, it is the entire basis on which you make the call.
What the price makes possible is the space to absorb whatever the inspection finds. At $110,000 for 1,594 square feet of a 119-year-old Baltimore rowhome with a finished basement, you have real room to put money into it and still come out ahead of what your neighbors paid.
