Each week ListingsWire mentions notable movements on the MLS: New listings, price chops, flips, and more. Spy movement? Email us.
HANCOCK PARK: It's not every day that a six bedroom, 8,2000-square-foot French Chateau hits the market, so let's go take a tour of this puppy. "Premier 1927 French Chateau designed by Webber, Staunton & Spaulding & featured in Architectural Digest at the time." 1927! It's $8.995 million. Yes, please. [Redfin]
DOWNTOWN: New construction priced in the $300,000s is now happening: This 920-square-foot unit in downtown building Vero on Wilshire hit the market on April 22nd priced at $449,000. It was mentioned once before in this column and is now down to $399,000. [Redfin]
EAGLE ROCK: The bitch about living in the hills of the Eastside is the topography doesn't always allow for pools. So anyone wanting to live in Eagle Rock and also wanting a pool is going to want to look at this three-bedroom on Ridgeview listed at $849,000. [Redfin]
Each week, ListingsWire mentions notable movements on the MLS: New listings, price chops, flips, and more. Spy movement? Email us.
MT. WASHINGTON: First time wanna be home buyers, this is what you do: You buy a place with two properties on the land and lease out one of the properties to pay off the mortgage. Here's a two bedroom, plus a different unit downstairs that can be rented out. Or so the listing promises. It's at 3581 Shurtleff Court, and listed at $439,000. You say you don't want to move to Mt. Washington, but you still want to be a homeowner? Stop whining.[Redfin]
GLENDALE: Mid-century modern fans take note. This one has had some very strange interior work done, but it's "first time on the market since 1979" and located in the Montecito Park section of Glendale, an area described by the listing as very nice. Located at 2058 Montecito Drive, it was built in 1953 and is listed at $899,000. Maybe there's hope for it yet. [Redfin]
LOS FELIZ: Ever since this three bedroom at 2412 Glendower Avenue in Los Feliz hit the market, the sellers have taken out the PriceChopper and given the home a slender shave each month. It started at $1.749 million in September. Six shaves later, it's down to $1.519 million. It also has an interesting pitch in the listing: "Mom always said to buy the least expensive home in a nice neighborhood." [Redfin]
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It's another edition of our irregularly scheduled look inside the blogs of our realtor friends. If you're a SoCal Realtor with a blog we should be reading, drop us a line.
1) PriceChop Hits Westwood Home: The unkindest chop, the one that takes you below a million, has hit an underwhelming property in Westwood. Why can't it sell? Scott McIntosh answers: "Well, there are several reasons as to why this house is priced lower than one million. First, the house is the last house on Greenfield next to Pico. Therefore it sits right on the alley next to Norms. Second, the house doesn't have a conventional type of floor plan. Your first step into the house is right into the kitchen counter." [Westwood RE Market]
2) Realtors Gone Wild: On Wednesday, Judy Graff spotted riot police at a Re/Max office: "...I spotted several police outside of the Re/Max in Burbank on Glenoaks and Cypress. These were the bullet-proof vested guys, not the regular uniformed officers. What's going on? Is there an agent riot happening? A distraught seller taking hostages? I hope all's okay..." [SFVRE]
3) First the Gays, Now the Canadians: We always enjoy learning about new trends. Realtor Paul Kaplan reports that Canadians and their fancy Canadian dollars are arriving in Palm Springs. "In the past few months we have been receiving a number of inquiries from our neighbors in the North, inquiring about purchasing in the Palm Springs area... Recently, my clients from Vancouver were shocked at what they could purchase here for $400,000 compared to what that same house would cost them in Canada." [ActiveRain-Paul Kaplan]
Each week, ListingsWire mentions notable movements on the MLS: New listings, price chops, flips, and more. Spy movement? Email us.
SILVERLAKE/ECHO PARK: The flip of the week, this 1922 Craftsman plus a barn on a 7,500 square foot lot at 748 Maltman Avenue (pictured above in gallery) was sold on January 2007 for $591,500. It just hit the market two days ago for $999,000. That'd be a nice return.
DOWNTOWN: Originally listed in December 2007 at $460,000, a 745-square-foot unit at 1100 Wilshire (#1804) dropped down to $399,000. Listing is here.
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1) PriceChop Hits Westwood Home: The unkindest chop, the one that takes you below a million, has hit an underwhelming property in Westwood. Why can't it sell? Scott McIntosh answers: "Well, there are several reasons as to why this house is priced lower than one million. First, the house is the last house on Greenfield next to Pico. Therefore it sits right on the alley next to Norms. Second, the house doesn't have a conventional type of floor plan. Your first step into the house is right into the kitchen counter." [
