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MB Becoming Coach Central
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 at 8:14am. 2,955 Views, 0 Comments.
We've already got the 2 big (current) college football coaches in Manhattan Beach.
Now the Lakers' (current) coach, Mike D'Antoni, has come to town.
As the LA Times reports this morning, the coach purchased an MB walkstreet home for $6.9M, and that would have to be this one.
In a recent post on "New 100-Block Heights" we mentioned this home:
[This is] a bigger-than normal home thanks to subterranean space, with 5br/5ba and 5000 sq. ft.
Location? Nearly at The Strand, with a walkstreet on one side, the corner at Ocean Ave. (no neighbor to west, in other words) and a fully built Strand house across the way that seems "low" and affords even better views from the top level of 116 25th.
And oh, what a top level that is – very high
…New 100-Block Heights: $6M+
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 11:53am. 421 Views, 0 Comments.
It's been a long time since $5.6M for a 100-block house by the beach seemed like a peak never to be reached again.
The new peak is more like $6.6M, a million-dollar difference in just 5 years. And most of those 5 years weren't "good" years for Manhattan Beach real estate.
That first peak was marked out in March 2008 at 200 19th St. (5br/5ba, 4200 sq. ft.) a spectacular new Cape Cod on one of the great "teen streets" near downtown. (We call it a "100-block" house because it would be 136 19th if the city didn't re-order the addresses to the 200s starting there; with no Manhattan Ave. cutting through the teen streets, a lower 200 is as good as a 100.)
200 19th sold new for $5.6M, and then the world collapsed. (If you'll allow us some dramatic
…Look Who Found Buyers
Friday, February 8th, 2013 at 2:46pm. 385 Views, 0 Comments.
Tight inventory will do that. It's as if you can't fail to sell these days. Even properties that are not on the market.
Two odd houses that have sold recently come to mind.
Way down south on one of the great family walkstreets, 505 7th (3br/4ba, 2750 sq. ft.) has sold off market.This is a home that ran 5 months on market in 2011 without success.
Here at MBC, in July 2011, we called it "a curiosity in terms of design and layout," noting "echoes of the home's 70s vintage supplemented by newer updates."
This was a fairly gentle way of saying the home was peculiar and needed work. We toured it with clients who'd have loved to be down on the flat walkstreets, but people just…
The Year's Quitters
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at 1:59pm. 174 Views, 0 Comments.
We'll take a look at several listings that have quit this year.
Some clearly did not suit the market, some were overpriced, and some just got yanked due to the sellers' own change of circumstances – like not finding anything worth trading up or down to in a low-inventory market. (The math on that would be: No inventory = No sale.)
No doubt we'll see some again next year.
217 9th (3br/3ba, 1725 sq. ft.) didn't surprise us this time.We've noted before that this modern/green SFR surprised us with its $3.0m sale when new in 2007. We were prepared to be shocked again if it traded this year, but didn't really expect it.
This home residence…
Action in the Teens
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 at 6:05pm. 207 Views, 0 Comments.
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Drink in the ocean views, hear the waves lapping at the shore, brace yourself against the cool summertime breezes.
All around you, find a mix of homes trying to maximize space and views, with a few very, very original cottages – early 1900s originals – barely hanging on, reminding you that Manhattan Beach was once a difficult beach frontier, before those $100 speculative plots ballooned in value to $2m, $3m or more.
These are the few prime walkstreets north of downtown, 16th-20th St., a little pocket with some of MB's choicest beach-close properties. (Note to sticklers: We'll count 20th St. in the "teens" for purposes…
Cheap Dirt, Pricey Walkstreet House
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 at 3:41am. 184 Views, 0 Comments.
The lot was then called 441 6th Place, at the corner of 7th/Ingleside. It hosted a little home and garage with a noteworthy cactus garden between. The dirt sold in Jan. 2010 for $1.5m.
Soon, an ambitious custom build was under way. The design was inspired by the "British Colonial" style that may be emerging as an alternative to "Cape Cod" and the various -erraneans.The grandest execution of "British Colonial" – 212 The Strand, the first and last triple-lot on MB's beachfront. (See "Big, Beautiful, Too Much?")
At 441 6th, after all the searching for a perfect lot, and all the work building a…
Walkstreet Lot-Plus Closes
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 at 6:23pm. 151 Views, 0 Comments.
In "Flat But Up" in early March, we were skeptical of the demand for $2.6m for 324 8th, a 1-1/2-size lot (4050 sq. ft.) on a flat walkstreet near downtown.Neighboring 316 8th – a corner lot of the same unusually large size – had sold for $2.150m in Sept. 2009.
324 8th did make a quick deal, but for much less than asking, and about 5% more than the neighbor had sold for during a trough for the local market.
324 8th's sale price: $2.255m (-$345k/-13% off start). That's equivalent to exactly $1.5m for a standard-size lot.
And here come the 'dozers.
New Walkstreet Markups
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 at 10:45pm. 139 Views, 0 Comments.
This week there's one bogus re-list price increase with a clock reset at 224 34th (4br/4ba, 3700 sq. ft.), which has been on public offer since January.We took note of the listing when it was new because it's a 2006 (peak-year) purchase looking for a 2011 resale for slightly more than was paid 5 years ago. (See "Not Rewinding on 34th.") If they were to pull that off, it'd be some kind of news, with most resales these days closer to 2004 prices.
Here's the recent history:
- Aug. 2006 sale price (public records): $2.925m
- Sept. 2006 sale price (MLS): $3.000m (inflated for reporting purposes because buyer's agent did not take a
Markup for a Walkstreet Lot-Plus
Monday, March 28th, 2011 at 9:10pm. 163 Views, 0 Comments.
Our natural skepticism was on display a few weeks back as we took a look at 324 8th, a 1-1/2-size lot (4050 sq. ft.) on a flat walkstreet near downtown.In "Flat But Up," we noted that the next-door lot at 316 8th – same unusually large size – had sold for $2.150m in Sept. 2009. It's now a construction site. When they finish the home there, it could be worth $4m or more.
So here came 324 8th, set in off Crest by one (and a half) lot(s), asking for 21% more than the neighboring lot had gone for, with a start at $2.6m.
A deal posted last week at 324. From what we're hearing, the sellers got a bump over the corner-lot neighbor's price, but not quite the huge bite they were looking for.
Though we haven't got the actual deal price, we'll expect something nearer to…
New High-Water Mark Near Downtown
Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 7:15pm. 223 Views, 0 Comments.
By the time they had closed escrow, the local real estate market was beginning to wobble. They were holding a piece of land they'd bought for $3.35m to use for a spec build, but soon it would prove impossible to proceed with the project, as construction financing dried up.
Not much happened at 9th from 2007-2008. An old triplex onsite held on for a while, finally giving way in 2009 to the 'dozers.
Now something big has happened at 121 9th. On Thursday, a partially completed modern-style speckie (4br/5ba, 4200 sq. ft.) was sold off-market for $6.2m. (The price includes completion of the home; the buyer also plans to upgrade it further.)That's the highest price paid…
