2581 ANNAPOLIS St East Palo Alto, CA 94303

Last sale: Jun 16, 2009 Sold $573,732 (This is a bank take back)
Last REAL sale: Nov 10, 1999 Sold $270,000

I found the mortgage history of this home on PropertyShark, and it is quite interesting.  First the homedebtor bought the house in 1999 with two loans from Bank of America:

Notice that the two loans add up to the purchase price. So great, this guy is buying the home for 0 down, but at least it is a fixed loan. Now he lived in it for  a bit over 3 years before doing another refi.  This time it is a cash out refinance because the amount borrowed is $300k.  This time it is from Indymac:

Notice that now it is an adjustable loan. A year and a half later there was another cash out  refi in June 2004:

So basically he took another $30k out, but wait, it’s not over! Another 16 months later, he did another HUGE cash out refinance:

Yup, in this final refinance he took out another $242k.  Then finally the home was foreclosed this year.  So at least he enjoyed the house atm for almost 10 years and took out over $300k.  Here is the funny part, all the banks he dealt with are dead except for Bank of America.  I guess  it sort of makes sense, too.  I don’t think this guy lost much since the money he took out was tax free and he didn’t really have any equity in the house anyway.  The last bank definitely lost the most on this series of refinances, but I guess they have ” imploded”.

2330 University Ave #110 East Palo Alto, CA 94303

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?

According to the Hudson and Marshall website, the last highbid is only $167,500, and this is the description:

 

512 Stanford Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94063

Bed:	3	Only 8 Days Left to Bid Now
Bath:	1	Bid Now!
Sq. Ft.:	820

Comments:

Last High Bid $167,500

Agent disclosure requiring buyer signature regarding homicides at property

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Would you buy this for $168k?

226 Crocker Ave Daly City, CA 94014

Price: $399,000

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:

1115 DAVIS St Redwood City, CA 94061

Price: $399,900

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

Price: $259,900

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.

4238 GEORGE Ave #00001 San Mateo, CA 94403

Price: $365,000

I first put this one up over a year ago.  Looks like the price has been cut another $75,000 since then.  This is still a short sale which means that the troubled sellers are still holding onto the property.  Hopefully it will sell soon?

205 Peoria St Daly City, CA 94014

Price: $280,000

Last sales:
Nov 18, 2008 Sold $410,000 -12.4%/yr Public Records
Oct 27, 2005 Sold $615,000 33.4%/yr Public Records
Jul 30, 2004 Sold $430,000 16.1%/yr Public Records
Dec 03, 2001 Sold $289,000 6.5%/yr Public Records

Here is another home that’s cheaper than 2001 and more than 50% off its peak.   It looks like quite a fixer, and it is still priced above the median price per square foot of Daly City.  This is probably not a surprise but it was also financed 100% by loans  in 2005.

1234 CLINTON St Unit 201-C Redwood City, CA 94061

Price: $319,000

This is probably the cheapest 2 bedroom condominium in Redwood City right now. It is in a decent neighborhood and the HOA is a fairly low $200 a month. However, this is a fixer upper and a short sale, so it may be even cheaper once it forecloses.

This is a bank owned property now selling for $399k. The following is the listing Dale sent in from 2007:

Considering that they bought this house in 2006 for $830k, I guess they were just trying to cover their costs. Unfortunately it ended in an epic fail.

Loss: $431k or 51.9%