800 WEEKS St East Palo Alto, CA 94303 - This seller thinks the bottom has been reached
800 WEEKS St East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Price: $848,000
| Beds: | 3 |
| Baths: | 1.5 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 1,780 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $476 |
| Lot Size: | 7,386 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Stories: | 2 |
| View: | Neighborhood |
| Year Built: | 1930 |
Last sale: Apr 02, 2004 Sold $780,000
I have to say that this is a fairly nice looking house for East Palo Alto, but what is truly interesting is the past listing prices. Here it is:
Apr 09, 2009 Price Changed $848,000 — MLSListings #80840024
Feb 03, 2009 Price Changed $388,000 – MLSListings #80840024
Jan 26, 2009 Price Changed $445,000 – MLSListings #80840024
Oct 15, 2008 Listed $495,000 – MLSListings #80840024
Basically, the price on this house was lowered all the way down to $388k at one point, and in April the seller decided to jack the price up $460k. I guess they really believe that the bottom has been reached. In actuality this home is listing for twice the price per squarefoot as other EPA homes. All I can say is good luck.
Making Home Affordable expanded to give 125% financing
Just when you think that it could not get more confusing and loose, the government decided to knowingly give out refinances that are worth more than the underlying collateral.
I can see this letting some folks in the Bay Area refinance to a lower rate, but it would not help much. It seems irresponsible to lend out technically what is government/tax payer money this way. What do you think?
412 ATHENIAN Way Pacifica, CA 94044 - Fishy?
412 ATHENIAN Way Pacifica, CA 94044
Price: $915,750
| Beds: | 4 |
| Baths: | 3 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 2,585 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $354 |
| Lot Size: | 5,000 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Stories: | 2 |
| Year Built: | 2007 |
| Community: | Pedro Point |
Last sale: Jun 12, 2007 Sold $1,700,000
Loss if sold for asking:$784250 or 46%
Equity lost per month: $32677
This is listed as a bank owned home. I’m not quite sure who owns it now because the Tax records show that it is owner of record is not a bank, but some person in Pacifica. It also shows that it is a tax defaulted property there is about 30k worth of back taxes that needs to be paid to redeem the home. Perhaps the bank is just not taking responsibility because they don’t want to shell out the money for the taxes now. What is most fishy about this property is that the last sale price was $1.7 million. I don’t think Pacifica was ever that expensive and it seems that the taxes were unpaid starting from 2007. So perhaps the intention was to default? Whoever buys this should definitely make sure that the taxes are cleared up, and the tax assessment should get down to reality.
226 Crocker Ave Daly City, CA 94014
226 Crocker Ave Daly City, CA 94014
Price: $399,000
| Beds: | 2 |
| Baths: | 1 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 1,690 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $236 |
| Lot Size: | - |
| Property Type: | Single-Family Home |
| Style: | Victorian |
| Year Built: | 1907 |
Last sale: Bank repo for $454,750
Peak sale: 5/24/2006 for $740,000
Loss if sold for asking: $341,000 from peak price
Remember this horror show of a house? Well, this one isn’t that bad, but the bank must have hired someone who just really couldn’t care less about selling this house to take the pictures. It looks like it’s been squatted in. Here are some piles of trash:
Finally the requisite scary backyard:
1022 S DELAWARE St San Mateo, CA 94402
1022 S DELAWARE St San Mateo, CA 94402
Price: $469,950
| Beds: | 2 |
| Baths: | 1 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 860 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $546 |
| Lot Size: | 4,280 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Style: | Contemporary |
Last sale: Apr 28, 2005 Sold $655,000
Loss if sold for asking: $185050 or 28%
Loss of equity per month: $3701
It looks like the realtor tried to spruce up the photo a little bit and the tree looks like its an unnatural green color. Supposedly this is not a short sale or REO, but it has been listed 3 times now since April 2008. Here is the listing history:
Jun 28, 2009 Listed $469,950 – EBRD #40417039
Jun 28, 2009 Listed $469,950 — MLSListings #80931255
Jan 07, 2009 Delisted * — Inactive MLSListings #1
Sep 15, 2008 Price Changed * — Inactive MLSListings #1
Jul 16, 2008 Relisted * — Inactive MLSListings #1
Jul 15, 2008 Delisted * — Inactive MLSListings #1
May 14, 2008 Price Changed * — Inactive MLSListings #1
May 07, 2008 Price Changed * — Inactive MLSListings #1
Apr 23, 2008 Price Changed * — Inactive MLSListings #1
Apr 14, 2008 Listed
It is definitely overpriced for the neighborhood it is in,and it is one tiny house.
2614 READ Ave Belmont, CA 94002
2614 READ Ave Belmont, CA 94002
Price: $899,000
| Beds: | 4 |
| Baths: | 4 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 2,800 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $321 |
| Lot Size: | 7,700 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Style: | Ranch |
| Stories: | 3 |
| View: | Canyon, Valley |
| Year Built: | 1956 |
| Community: | Haskins Estates |
Last sale: 7/24/2006 $1,233,000
Loss if sold for asking: $334,000 or 27%
This is actually a nice looking larger home in Belmont. The owners that sold the home for 1.2 million definitely made out like bandits. It seems that they bought the place in 1999 for $241k, and then refied and took out a loan worth $663.5k in 2003 and then sold the home to the latest seller in trouble in 2006. It’s amazing that this home was only $241k in 1999, though. Adjusted for inflation $241k should be only worth $309k now. I highly doubt that the home would drop another 600k, but another $100 to $200k might be possible.
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