Sometimes it’s fun to imagine yourself living another life. If I was either a young professional on the make wanting a cute, manageable abode, or retired and looking for a level-in home in a super-convenient location, I would take a second look at this condo at 2600 Ashby Avenue in the heart of Berkeley’s Elmwood [...]
Posts under ‘Price reductions’
A 30% Cut over Two Years on North Berkeley Home
This remodeled Mediterranean at 28 Vallejo Street in north Berkeley has come down in the world, at least in terms of price.
It first appeared on the market in February 2008. When we looked at it in May 2009, it was priced at $2,150,000. We checked in again in October 2009 when it was down to [...]
Whopping Price Cut for Green Super Home in Oakland
After triumphantly arriving on the market in October with a bullish price tag of $5.5 million, the Margarido House, a Platinum LEED-certified home in upper Rockridge, saw a harsh $705,000 reduction yesterday, bringing the price down to $4,795,000
This makes the proposition marginally more palatable, but still very much out of whack with homes in the neighborhood. [...]
At Home with the Mill Valley Blues
Things ain’t what they used to be in Mill Valley. This three-bedroom secluded home at 10 Lockwood Lane, for example, whose pool and waterfall was featured in Sunset Magazine, has been on the market for 168 days and its price has twice been chopped. Originally $1,375,000, it is now down to $1,250,000.
Read more about languishing Mill [...]
Chop on Oakland Listing is Price of Average Home
This David Stark Wilson designed home at 5 Woodside Way in the Oakland hills has just had a second price chop bringing its total reduction to $650,000, a sum which would buy you a perfectly decent house in some other Oakland neighborhoods.
The four-bedroom home, built in 1994, has the requisite gourmet kitchen (above), panoramic bridge views, [...]
Mediterranean estate back in spotlight
A languishing mega-estate in the Berkeley-Oakland hills has re-appeared on the market with a slimmed down, although still substantial, price-tag.
We were pondering this substantial home a while back on Home Girl.
Read the latest on 7080 Norfolk Drive, which is now listed for $3,899,000, on the Block today.
Second Chop for Walter Ratcliff Mid-Mod
The Walter Ratcliff-designed mid-century modern home at 1455 Vista Road in El Cerrito (above) has had a second price reduction (hat-tip: Debtpocalypse).
Read about it here.
Price of Berkeley Mega Home Takes Another Tumble
It’s not all popping champagne corks and fairytales in the East Bay’s high-end housing market.
One mega-home for sale in the Berkeley-Oakland hills, which Home Girl has been following since its appearance on the market in December 2008, has resolutely failed to find a buyer and has had what we calculate is its fourth price reduction [...]
Tuesday Snippets: Offers, Plaudits and Cuts
The Bernard Maybeck designed home at 2980 Linden Street in Berkeley has been taken off the market and word on the street is that it had as many as eight offers — and not one of them is from me. It listed for $1,095,000.
At least one visitor to 2830 Garber Street – listed at $1,150,000 and also in [...]
Serious Price Plummet in the Elmwood
A Berkeley property that originally listed way back in January 2007 for $2,089,000 is today back on the market for just $980,000 — an astonishing 53% tumble.
2649 Russell Street is just off College Avenue in the heart of the Elmwood shopping district. It’s a big house — five bedrooms and five bathrooms — and has been [...]