Small is the new huge--709 Haight Avenue, Alameda, CA
The property at 709 Haight has been on the market for about three weeks now, but I'm glad I waited for its latest craigslist incarnation to blog about it.
My favorite part about this listing, though, is yesterday's craigslist post:
Seriously, folks, is that the best you can do?
The sale history is sad:
Now it's back on the market at the worst possible time of year, idiotically priced ($421 / sqft) for this time of year / location / lot size / home size / REO loan balance (per last transaction), and it's just going to sit there for months on end. Way to go, Maya Clark.
Update 12/04/08: Another "huge" price reduction, to $609,900. W-O-W.
Update 1/11/09: Another "huge" price reduction, to $589,900. For the life of me I can't understand why those blithering imbeciles can't get a clue and drop the price decisively and quickly. Instead they are bleeding themselves by a thousand cuts. Idiots. Idiots!
Update 2/1/09: On the MLS(r) as #40392826, listed at $569,900. Why are these morons dropping the price in tiny $20K increments? I will drive by shortly to see if it was actually built in 2003--the various pictures I've seen make it look a lot older, as the location suggests, but who knows.
Update 4/16/09: Back on the MLS(r) as #40405195, listed at $504,900, with the answer to my question above in the description:
2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, 1,460 sqft, 1,950-sqft lot, MLS(r) #40380271 , $614,900The public records have it as built in 2003, which I suspect is really 1903. It even has a white picket fence around its handkerchief lot!
My favorite part about this listing, though, is yesterday's craigslist post:
HUGE PRICE REDUCTION! And right below, it reads "$614,900 [...] (Was $624,900)"$614900 REO BANK OWNED PROPERTY! HUGE PRICE REDUCTION! ALAMEDA HOME! (alameda)
Reply to: reobayareaproperty@yahoo.com [?]
Date: 2008-11-25, 6:01PM PST
$614,900 709 Haight Avenue Alameda
(Was $624,900) FOR PICTURES AND MORE BANK OWNED PROPERTIES
Leslie Drury
Windermere Welcome Home
510-755-2666
Advertised With Permission By:
Seville Real Estate
Maya Clark
Seriously, folks, is that the best you can do?
The sale history is sad:
Sales History
How exactly do you lose a house to foreclosure in this situation?
Now it's back on the market at the worst possible time of year, idiotically priced ($421 / sqft) for this time of year / location / lot size / home size / REO loan balance (per last transaction), and it's just going to sit there for months on end. Way to go, Maya Clark.
Update 12/04/08: Another "huge" price reduction, to $609,900. W-O-W.
Update 1/11/09: Another "huge" price reduction, to $589,900. For the life of me I can't understand why those blithering imbeciles can't get a clue and drop the price decisively and quickly. Instead they are bleeding themselves by a thousand cuts. Idiots. Idiots!
Update 2/1/09: On the MLS(r) as #40392826, listed at $569,900. Why are these morons dropping the price in tiny $20K increments? I will drive by shortly to see if it was actually built in 2003--the various pictures I've seen make it look a lot older, as the location suggests, but who knows.
5 years young [...] very charming no work needed, great property and a discount price.Discount price? Please.
Update 4/16/09: Back on the MLS(r) as #40405195, listed at $504,900, with the answer to my question above in the description:
[...] built in 2003 per public records. Made to look like a Victorian style home. Has spacious rooms and can walk to coffee shops, etc.[...]Who wouldn't want a house that can walk to coffee shops?
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