1044 SUZANNE Ct Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Price: $299,900

Last sale:

Loss if sold for asking: $136,398 or 31.3%

This is a bank owned property on the coast.  It seems like a decent townhome and it is listed for less than its 2003 price.

421 BEACH Ave Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Price: $554,050

This homeowner just changed the sale price from 849.9k to 554k a few days ago.  This is now a difference of $425k since the last sale price.   This is definitely one of the cheaper homes in Half Moon Bay, but it is a short sale so the bank is probably still hoping for better offers.  These days banks are so busy with financial problems, refinances, and dealing with other troubled real estate so it may take them a while to get back to anyone.

Once again, all eight of Foster City’s troubled properties are townhouses and condominiums. The new addition in August is 924 Beach Park Blvd #14. It is listing for about $52k below its last sale price. Also, congratulations to the dude that sent me some hate mail. His home sold at the end of July.

Raw data available: fostercity831.csv

Coastside Properties – Half Moon Bay, Moss Beach, Montara, and El Granada

The amount of coastside properties increased a bit since last month. As of 8/31, there are 19 troubled properties in Half Moon Bay, 3 in Moss Beach, and 2 in El Granada. Of note is 2340 Burning Tree Rd in Half Moon Bay. This Ocean Colony mansion on a golf course reduced its price by $300k in August, and is now listing for $234k below its last sale price.

Raw data available: coastside831.csv

City of Hillsborough

The mansion at 180 Robin Rd is still for sale for 950k under its 2001 price. Additionally, the listing at 15 Crystal TE Spgs dropped its price by around $300k in August so it is now $301k below its last sale price in 2004. 2795 Summit Dr is still about $100k under its 2006 price and finally  10 Crystal Springs Ter  is still $600k below its last sale price in 2006.  Additionally, 1115 Bromfield Rd seems to be a bank owned property since it last sold for $1531201 in May 2008.

City of Menlo Park

Menlo Park added a couple more troubled properties in August and the total number of troubled properties is now 16.  One of them is a relisting of 1055 Berkeley Ave.  This property first showed up at least 4 months ago.  The biggest loser is 1120 Madera Ave.  It is listing for $261k below its last sale price.

Raw data available: menlo831.csv

City of Millbrae

Of the six properties in Millbrae, the biggest loser is definitely 1160 Glenwood Dr.  Frankly I cannot believe that someone paid $1068888 in 2005 for this 1240 square foot mid century house.  I mean, it doesn’t seem like the toilets are made out of gold.  It is now listing for $749000, which is only $24000 above its 2002 sale price.

Raw data available: millbrae831.csv

City of Pacifica

Pacifica currently has 35 properties in trouble after a dozen or so went off the market.  One property of note is 397 Lynbrook.  It went off the market last month after  not selling for $509k, but now it is back for $549k. I guess freshening up a stale fish is a common strategy.  The latest sales data shows that 13 Moon Gate Ct sold for $428k on 8/4/2008, and that’s a huge discount from its asking price of $645k.  Is this a foreclosure sale?

Raw data available:  pacifica831.csv

More to come!

City of East Palo Alto

In East Palo Alto it is really hard to find a listing that doesn’t belong to a home seller in trouble. I estimate that 90% of the listings on the market are foreclosures. Some notable additions in July include 1827 Stevens Ave, 1678 Purdue Ave, and 2231 Terra Villa St. All three of these homes lost up to 50% of their original value. A lot of properties went off the market so now the total is 105 troubled properties. This is not very different from last month.

Raw data available: epa731.csv

City of Foster City

Once again, all eight of Foster City’s troubled properties are townhouses and condominiums. A couple additions include 1024 Helm Ln and 42 E Court Ln. Both of these homes have been reduced into troubled territory.

Raw data available: fostercity731.csv

Coastside Properties – Half Moon Bay, Moss Beach, Montara, and El Granada

The amount of coastside properties did not change very much. As of 7/31, there are 15 troubled properties in Half Moon Bay, 3 in Moss Beach, and 2 in El Granada. A handful of listings went off the market and a couple of them sold.

Raw data available: coastside731.csv

City of Hillsborough

The mansion at 180 Robin Rd is still for sale for 950k under its 2001 price. Additionally, a couple more troubled sellers turned up. One listing at 15 Crystal TE Spgs is listed $1 under its 2004 price. The sellers of 2795 Summit Dr lowered its price by more than $500k and now it’s about $100k under its 2006 price. Finally, the sellers of 10 Crystal Springs Ter lowered their listing price by $400k in July so the property is now $600k below its last sale price in 2006. This property has the words “pending litigation” under the HOA information. I’m not quite sure what that means but it doesn’t sound nice.

City of Menlo Park

All 14 of the properties I found in Menlo Park are in East Menlo Park near East Palo Alto. I guess it’s not the best part of town.

Raw data available: menlo731.csv

City of Millbrae

Of the five properties in Millbrae, one standout property in Millbrae is 1116 Landing Ln. It went through a $250k pricecut in July. I think that qualifies as a HUGE price reduction.

Raw data available: millbrae731.csv

More to come!

As promised, I am including all the coastside troubled properties in this update.  The breakdown is currently  15 properties in Half Moon Bay, 1 in Montara, 3 in Moss Beach, and 4 in El Granada.  Some of the homes in El Granada look quite fine.

Raw data available: coastside630.csv

City of Hillsborough

The mansion at 180 Robin Rd is still for sale for 950k under its 2001 price. This is the only one I found in Hillsborough.

City of Menlo Park 

Most of the 19 properties I found are East of highway 101.  On particular exception is 2158 Clayton Dr, which is a multi million dollar mansion that  just dropped its price in June to $5000 lower than its 2004 sale price.  Now it’s pending even though it is still priced at over $1000 per square foot.

Raw data available:   menlo630.csv

City of Millbrae

Millbrae is a surprisingly popular city in San Mateo.  I guess the BART station there is pretty awesome.  The prices are holding up and there are only six troubled properties.  The 7 months old listing at 160 Linda Vis reduced its price by another $50k last month.  Perhaps it will sell this month?

Raw data available: millbrae630.csv

City of Pacifica 

Pacifica currently has 42 troubled properties.  Many of them seem to be on a street called Firecrest.  Does anyone know what is wrong with this street?

Raw data: pacifica630.csv

City of  Redwood City

Apparently home sales in Redwood City has gone up in May.  The median price in my zipcode went up again.  Many of these 66 listings I found are in the zip 94063, which is not the best area of Redwood City.  In fact, recently there was a triple homicide.

Raw Data: rwc630.csv

That is all for today.  Stay tuned for part 3!

1558 MIZZEN Ln Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Price: $699,000

Listing history:

Last sale: Jul 26, 2005 $839,000

Loss if sold for asking: $140,000 or   16.7%

I first saw this in January and thought that it didn’t look too bad.  Well, now five months later it’s still up for grabs and it got cheaper too.

996 RONALD Ct Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Price: $315,000

Last sales: Aug 30, 2001 $325,000 & May 12, 2005 $450,000

Loss if sold for asking: -$135000 or -30% 

Comments:  It seems like condos are not very good investments.  This one is $10000 under its 2001 price.  I guess it is coastside, but it is still a pretty nice place.

Price: $620,000

Last sale: Aug 16, 2005 $630,000

Loss if sold at asking: $105,000 or 16.9%

Comments: Half Moon Bay is really a cool little city. It is a good place to retire. It is also involved in a legal battle with a developer that could bankrupt the city. This listing was originally on this site a couple weeks ago, but the price has dropped $95,000 since then.

180 TROON WAY Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

Price: $609,000

Last sale: May 11, 2005 $611,000

Listing date: 3/22/2008

Loss if sold at asking: $2000 or 0.003% 

Comments: Very new listing with a small dip.