It's time for a quick check-in on the Hill Section.
First, a sale, at long last. The odd "flag lot" house at 612 11th is in escrow after 11 months.
During the Spring Rally of 2007, this dated home (4br/2ba, 1550 sq. ft.) on a shared lot was offered at $975k, but sold for $300k more ($1.275m) after a bidding war broke…
It's time for a quick check-in on the Hill Section.
First, a sale, at long last. The odd "flag lot" house at
612 11th is in escrow after 11 months.
During the Spring Rally of 2007, this dated home (4br/2ba, 1550 sq. ft.) on a shared lot was offered at
$975k, but sold for
$300k more (
$1.275m) after a bidding war broke out.
In Feb. 2008, with development plans apparently thwarted, the new owner offered to flip the lot to any willing buyer for just
$1.599m. (See "
Flag It As Overpriced.") By Summer, those delusions were long gone, and the seller was willing to take a loss, pricing it at
$1.199m. (See "
Maybe They Lost the War.")
After that big cut, the price never changed, but now they've got a deal. We'll watch to see how that ends up.
Worth noting: This is just the second new escrow MBC has seen on an SFR west of Sepulveda in 2009.
Next, a high-dollar lot sale made a big cut Monday – its second. The double-wide (106') lot at
222 N. Poinsettia chopped from $6.9m to
$5.995m.
Before that, they had already cut $1m.
So it's down quite nearly $2m;
-$1.905m/-24% to be exact.
Is this surprising? Not exactly. MBC called the first price "preposterous" and the second price "slightly less preposterous." (See "
Chops of the Week" from Oct. 2008.)
The future for this lot sale is ambiguous – you could buy it and develop it with a suitably huge home, or split the lot and build two. (See "
Just Split 'Em.") Too bad the charming ranch home there is quite certainly a goner.
No question, this is nice dirt, but not the best the Hill Section has to offer. At this point, we would not be shocked – though the sellers might be – to see another $1m shaved off before a deal is made.
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