2330 University Ave #110 East Palo Alto, CA 94303
| Beds: | 2 |
| Baths: | 2 |
| Sq. Ft.: | - |
| Lot Size: | - |
| Property Type: | Luxury, Condominium |
| View: | City Lights, Downtown, Woods |
| Year Built: | 2006 |
Last sale: Feb 22, 2006 Sold $445,000
Loss if sold for asking: $246,000 or 55%
I don’t know about you but these listing photos just make me somewhat dizzy. You can sort of make out some chairs in the first one, but the second one seems like the realtor took it while he/she was drunk and fumbled around. Anyway, I suspect the cut down price is to elicit more bids, or the realtor was really drunk?
What is a median priced home in San Mateo now?
Well, according to Dataquick the median home price for San Mateo County in July 2009 was $574,750. So what exactly is a median priced home now? Lets see some examples.
| Beds: | 3 |
| Baths: | 2 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 1,160 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $474 |
| Lot Size: | 5,000 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Stories: | Bi/Split Level |
| Year Built: | 1959 |
Last sale: Feb 14, 2006 Sold $708,000
This one makes me have a sinking feeling. It’s about $24k below the latest median, but it’s reduced quite a bit from its last sale price.
234 RAMONA St San Mateo, CA 94401
| Beds: | 5 |
| Baths: | 1.5 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 1,040 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $558 |
| Lot Size: | 6,400 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Style: | Ranch |
| Stories: | 2 |
| View: | Neighborhood |
| Year Built: | 1907 |
This house seems to have a good facade, and it’s the same size of the condo I rent, but to buy it would cost twice as much as renting. Awesome huh?
3030 JEFFERSON Ave Redwood City, CA 94062
| Beds: | 3 |
| Baths: | 1.5 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 1,090 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $528 |
| Lot Size: | 7,250 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Style: | Ranch |
| Stories: | 1 |
| View: | Neighborhood |
| Year Built: | 1952 |
Last sale: May 26, 2005 Sold $780,000
This one is more than $200k below its last sale price and it’s a short sale, which means the deal probably won’t complete. It’s priced right at the county median now. It’s an okay neighborhood, but it’s on a busy street.
The general pattern to the median priced home seems to be the following:
1) The house is less than 1200 square feet
2) The house is more than 50 years old
3) The house isn’t exactly affordable to those with a median income.
Oh well, maybe one day this madness will end.
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:
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.
1115 DAVIS St Redwood City, CA 94061
1115 DAVIS St Redwood City, CA 94061
Price: $399,900
| Beds: | 2 |
| Baths: | 1 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 930 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $430 |
| Lot Size: | 3,306 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Style: | Ranch |
| Stories: | 1 |
| View: | Neighborhood |
| Year Built: | 1918 |
| Community: | Central Park |
Last sale: Sep 27, 2006 Sold $585,000
It looks like this home first went on sale in 2007 and was listed for a total of five times. Now it is a REO. The price has been cut by at least 100k since its first listing and it is down a bit more than 170k from the last sale price. Good luck moving this one.
1825 MIDDLEFIELD Rd Redwood City, CA 94063
1825 MIDDLEFIELD Rd Redwood City, CA 94063
Price: $259,900
| Beds: | 3 |
| Baths: | 2 |
| Sq. Ft.: | 1,450 |
| $/Sq. Ft.: | $179 |
| Lot Size: | 3,686 Sq. Ft. |
| Property Type: | Detached Single Family |
| Style: | Ranch |
| Stories: | 1 |
| Year Built: | 1920 |
Last sale:
Sep 11, 2006 $630,000
4/18/2000 $297,500
Yup, this little rancher has rolled back to below its 2000 sale price. What a difference 9 years make. This is currently owned by U.S. Bank and it is definitely the cheapest single family home in Redwood City now based on price per square foot. It looks like it needs some fixing, and it is not in the best neighborhood, but at least it is priced to be affordable to median income families now.
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