A couple of new closed sales in the Hill Section raise interesting issues...
1009 8th is a newer (2004), fairly large (5br/5ba, 4500 sq. ft.) Spanish with a terrific, open feel.
Big kitchen, great room and sizable yard made possible by a 7200 sq. ft. lot. Hey, that's almost an East Manhattan lot.
The closed price came…
A couple of new closed sales in the Hill Section raise interesting issues...
1009 8th is a newer (2004), fairly large (5br/5ba, 4500 sq. ft.) Spanish with a terrific, open feel.
Big kitchen, great room and sizable yard made possible by a 7200 sq. ft. lot. Hey, that's almost an East Manhattan lot.
The closed price came in at
$2.040m.
Now work backwards. That's $150k
(-7%) off the last list price ($2.189m) and $260k
(-11%) off the start price of $2.3m.
Not bad deal-making by the buyers who walked in just a month or so into the listing.
Now go further back. The same home was purchased new in Nov. 2004 for
$2.280m.
That puts the Spring 2010 value down 11% from late 2004.
MBC established in October 2009 that MB was living in 2004 prices (see "
How Resales of '03-'06 Purchases Are Faring" for our opus on the subject). But this year you hear talk of prices "firming" and – perhaps – rising in certain segments.
That's not what just happened on 8th. Hypothetically speaking, it just sold for a 2003-ish price.
A very similar listing, by profile as well as style, is due to be affected by the 8th St. sale.
952 11th (5br/4ba, 5050 sq. ft.) is also a Spanish built in 2004. As you see, it's a bit bigger (~500 sq. ft.) and the lot's 7500 instead of 7200.
Arguably, the build is richer and the feel more luxurious than 8th, but the location – fairly near both MBB and Sepulveda – has held buyers back for 4 months so far this year.
Location and price, actually, both have been factors.
952 11th was bought new in May 2004 for
$2.150m. It was offered last year for $2.7m and has lingered at
$2.495m (+$345k/+16%) this year.
With the 11% chop off 2004 at 8th, and the hope for a 16% markup at 11th, we have a
27% disagreement in possible values of these 2 similar properties. Will the sellers of 11th let the market speak?
One other closing of interest – the corner lot at 8th/Poinsettia (
800 Poinsettia) has just come in a trifle below $1.6m (
$1.579m).
The lot has big city/mountain views to the north and east (see pic from the listing), and the 7200 sq. ft. footprint is about 10% bigger than some nearby.
The home is strange, though "habitable," as the listing gently suggested.
Look across 8th to
718 Poinsettia to find a huge (6br/5ba, 5725 sq. ft.) new home that just sold for
$3.225m in December. The dirt there (6500 sq. ft.) had sold to a developer in Sept. 2005 for
$1.850m.
That land deal might suggest a 2005 value for 800 Poinsettia of around $2.0m or more, given that views are a big draw for most homes on this north-side stretch of 8th.
After a brief dalliance with a FSBO sale late in 2009, the listing for 800 Poinsettia began this year at $1.9m, closing 17% below that figure.
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