Inventory's growing, but gas prices are rising. You're going to have to plan your weekend shopping carefully. Walk when you can.
As a special service to readers, we offer our first-ever coupon-clipping offer in this edition. (See the Sand Section writeup.)
To plan your open-house tours for this week, use MB…
Inventory's growing, but gas prices are rising. You're going to have to plan your weekend shopping carefully. Walk when you can.
As a special service to readers, we offer our first-ever coupon-clipping offer in this edition. (See the Sand Section writeup.)
To plan your open-house tours for this week, use
MB Confidential's online list of Manhattan Beach open houses (it's mobile-friendly!).
Hill Section
511 N. Dianthus is a new "entry level" home offered at
$1.429m. It offers 3br/2ba and 1900 sq. ft. on a smallish 3250 sq. ft. lot which somehow has room for a large, very sweet garden with koi pond.
Drop in and you may see
Kaye Thomas. Trust us, if you tell her MBC sent you, she won't scowl or freeze up. She might even offer you a cookie.
Open Sun. 1-4pm.An even lower "entry" point is
$1.199m, the new price on
1100 John. Yes, we know it says "John" there, but this one backs up on a commercial building (under construction) that, in turn, fronts MBB. Well, how else are you going to get into the Hill Section cheap?
Open Sat. & Sun. 1-4pm.Not posted as open, but
eye-opening nonetheless, is a new home (2007) at
114 N. Poinsettia (2nd/Poinsettia) that's new to the market at
$7.750m. That's a step up from the pre-sold new construction at
116 N. Dianthus (also on the corner w/ 2nd) that reportedly is in escrow for
$7.2m.
Sand Section
Mrs. MBC picks
401 3rd, just as she did the Nantucket across the street at
400 3rd when it recently hit the market. This one is a sizable (4br/4ba, 3450 sq. ft.), newer home (an older home radically remodeled in 2006) with style – someone said a bit
Gothic – that also offers a roofdeck.
So we're getting 2 messages here: the Mrs. likes roofdecks
(yeah, great... they're scarce enough) and the South End. Also, she likes a bargain, and somehow
$2.685m (just $778/PSF) seems like one. Of course, if she gets that big promotion, you know she'll probably take 400 3rd (at $3.499m) instead.
401 3rd is open Sat. & Sun., 2-5pm.
Would you like to save $200k on a home? Clip a copy of the
Beach Reporter's page 100 and bring it to
225 Homer on
Sat. or Sun. (1-4pm) and you may well be able to redeem it for a 9% discount off the current list price of
$2.3m.
Are we kidding? Not really. The Open House listings say the price is
$2.1m. That's a move we thought was imminent anyway. It'll go close to $2m.
Tree Section
After 2 1/2 months on the market at $2.185m, the resale at
625 26th just dropped almost $200k to
$1.999m, no doubt recognizing how crowded it's getting in the $2.1m-$2.3m range (there are 4 newbies among 8 listings up there currently). Now, this large (4br/4ba, 3700 sq. ft.) home is priced
only 11% above its Aug. 2004 purchase price (
$1.795m).
Open Sun., 1-4pm.2504 Pine is a fairly new listing of new construction in the Trees, starting out at
$2.395m for 5br/5ba, 3600 sq. ft.
Open Sat. 1-4pm, Sun. 2-4pm.2005 Oak is back after a quick sale but failed escrow. It's a charmer – it lasted just 2 weeks in its first offering at
$1.479m. Same re-start price now, too. Owners paid
$1.350m in Fall 2006, but face a job transfer. Why not drop by to show some moral support?
Open Sat. & Sun., 1-4pm.
Please see our blog disclaimer.
Listings presented above are supplied via the MLS and are brokered by a variety of agents and firms, not Dave Fratello or Edge Real Estate Agency, unless so stated with the listing. Images and links to properties above lead to a full MLS display of information, including home details, lot size, all photos, and listing broker and agent information and contact information.
