When you’ve been sitting on your unsold property since the summer, hoping and praying that someone will make you an offer before year’s end, it must be more than a relief to finally find a buyer — even if, in this instance, you have to stomach a 19% reduction on your original asking price.
The 5/3.5 [...]
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Closing Escrow on a Closing Year
Storybook Piedmont home poses questions too
Our post about 6015 Hillegass Avenue generated some interesting views on the home’s price and value. Read them here.
It also threw up a new query on what appears at first glance to be another underpriced listing.
Reader Shza says: “I have a similar question regarding a seriously-below-market-there-must-be-something-wrong-with-it price on this Piedmont listing.” Shza is referring to [...]
No Sticker Shock For Piedmont Mid Mod
Look, there’s the requisite star-burst mirror above the fireplace — hey, it must be a mid-century modern for sale.
This one, at 24 York Drive in Piedmont, has just listed for $1,295,000 ($560/sq ft).
It’s a 3/2 ,2,313 sq ft with swimming pool and renovated baths and kitchen (the latter doesn’t look particularly mid-mod, but you can’t [...]
Prices Goin’ Down on Top-Dollar Homes
Some interesting price reductions have crossed Home’s Girl’s radar.
Unsurprisingly, 2970 Avalon Avenue in Berkeley’s Claremont Court neighborhood has had a big chop — from $2,950,000 to $2,595,000 after 36 days on the market. As predicted, it wasn’t going to be easy justifying that asking price in this market. Added to that the sting that the [...]
High, Mighty, Big, Bold: That Was Then
I went to see this house at 117 Diablo Road a few weeks ago and then promptly forgot about it — which probably tells you something about the impression it made on me.
It’s a big house — nearly 5,000 sq ft, five bathrooms — on a ludicrously steep lot, way way up the in the [...]
Weighty Price Chops in East Bay
A handful of homes have just had significant price reductions which merit attention.
The mid-century home at 535 Cragmont Avenue in Berkeley (pictured above) has had $200,000 taken off its $1,250,000 asking price to $1,050,000 — a 16% cut which takes it very close to the $1 million threshold. [Hat-tip: reader Debtpocalypse.]
In Piedmont 412 Blair [...]
Piedmont Broker Earns His Commission
I’ve come across some really incredible examples of unprofessional behavior from brokers recently.
One agent was hired by a client to sell their home, had them sign a contract then disappeared — no follow-up, no email, no contact. After two weeks, the client had to call them to find out what was going on.
Another agent happily [...]
High Score on Piedmont Guessing Game
Regular reader, occasional contributor and keen home seeker Debtpocalypse clearly knows his stuff as he scored two out of three on his guesstimates regarding three Piedmont homes (see initial report here).
This is what he said at the time:
“244 Scenic Avenue will go under contract swiftly and transact at asking; 295 Scenic Avenue [pictured above] will [...]
In Piedmont, the $1 Million Upgrade
Another rags to riches story — at least for the home in question — this time in Piedmont.
Last sold in 2005 for $853,000, and just listed for $1,825,000, is 60 Wildwood Avenue, a 4/2.5, 2,850 sq ft 1920s home described as a “fabulous executive-style home, completely rebuilt in 2006 with custom finishes and engineered foundation [...]
Mayhew Beauty Lists in Piedmont
This — just listed — is an interesting home. It’s certainly got an interesting price ($3,350,000), an interesting-sounding address, interesting architectural pedigree and interesting square footage (6,362).
What I find most interesting however is why, having built all those beautiful bookshelves (above), the owners haven’t filled them to the brim with wonderful (dare I say interesting) [...]