February 5, 2010

Absentee owner says sell

Beds: 12
Baths: 13.5
Sq. Ft.: 11,850
$/Sq. Ft.: $674
Lot Size: 3.08 Acres
Property Type: Detached Single Family
Style: Tudor
Stories: 3
View: Bay, Neighborhood
Year Built: 1931
Community: Hillsborough Knolls
County: San Mateo
MLS#: 81000295
Source: MLSListings
Status: Pending Without Release This listing is in escrow, past inspections and waiting for loan funding. "Without Release" indicates that the current buyer doesn’t need to sell a home to buy the new home.
On Redfin: 19 days
ABSENTEE OWNER SAYS SELL, gRAND ESTATE WITH 12BR/12BA PLUS 3 HALF BA’S, REMODELED, NEW MASTER BR WITH AIR CON, NEW APPLIANCES & FLOOR IN KITCHEN, SAUNA, VINEYARD, TENNIS COURT, NEW HOME THEATER, WHAT A DEAL! SELLER RESERVES RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OFFER.
Thanks to Burbed reader Herve for this find.
 
Unfortunately, I sat on this and now it is pending. My apologies for those who missed out on this opportunity. That said, this house just goes to show how Bay Area real estate is picking up. Look at how fast this house sold! If this isn’t a sure sign that real estate is picking up, I don’t know what is.
 
This Spring Bounce is going to be enormous. Prices are going to bounce so high that they’re going to reach the moon! You just wait!
 
That said, reading this listing creeps me out. Doesn’t it feel like the owner is a ghostly presence over this house?
Comments (9) -- Posted by: burbed @ 5:16 am

9 Responses to “Absentee owner says sell”

  1. CB Says:

    Realty must be the only occupation where you can earn 6 figures by hitting the caps lock key and saying “f*ck it”.

  2. Joe Says:

    Definitely not RBA. Sold in ‘98 for $5M and in ten years it has not doubled, how pathetic.

  3. nomadic Says:

    Quick sale? Amazing what a 36% price cut can do.

    It was originally listed for sale last March.

  4. Alex Says:

    Unemployment rate went down and yet employers cut 20,000 more jobs? The gubment is using funny math, I tell ya.

  5. anon Says:

    real estater math, alex.

    real estater math.

  6. nomadic Says:

    That’s because the official unemployment rate doesn’t count the under-employed and those who have given up looking for work.

    Either that, or they’re making Soylent Green out of the unemployed now.

  7. Alex Says:

    nomadic, exactly. The university taught us that much when I was studying economics. Of course, our politicians are now more optimistic that the numbers suggest a recovery.

    Meanwhile, Joe Blow and his family are hitting the homeless shelters and food lines.

  8. Pralay Says:

    Explained in Calculated Rick blog

    Also, it could be due to revisions in past numbers, as mentioned in CNN article:

    Many experts chalked up the decline to the recent round of revisions impacting the estimated number of people in the workforce.

    “January’s rate showed an exaggerated sense of improvement in labor market,” said Mark Vitner, economist at Wells Fargo. “But there is improvement. I don’t want to take that away.”

  9. BuyersAreIdiots Says:

    Either that, or they’re making Soylent Green out of the unemployed now.

    LMAO!!

    Good one nomadic. :)

    Maybe not such a bad idea if we put a ribbon around it and sell it as a health care cost reduction.


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