You can totally still get houses in that range in western mass, just smaller and not in Amherst or northampton. We have a 4 bedroom in a “good” town, on a cute cul de sac, and I don’t think we could get more than Zillow’s $400k estimate for it. Smaller houses in the same desirable town definitely go between $250-300k. Even in Amherst you can get a tiny house with no yard for $300k.