It’s Search Engine Saturday!
And we haven’t had a Search Engine Saturday for many, many Saturdays!
Recently someone used a Search Engine and found his or her way over to Burbed by entering the following search:
what kind of toxic dump is whisman station on
What kind indeed? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can certainly tell you all about it. But who wants to read a bunch of boring government reports? That’s why there’s Burbed! We’re happy to pass along any news about what kind of toxic dump your neighborhood is sitting on as well. (Pro tip: Most Bay Area neighborhoods are infested with Bubbling Exuberance.)
Here’s our article that answers the above question, and the kind of toxic dump Whisman Station sits on is very nasty indeed. Specifically, it’s a Tricoroethylene (TCE) plume.
Moreover, according to this article shared by Burbed reader Real Estater, this delightful area of opportunity is expanding into new territory! Now who says they aren’t making any more land?
This is also your Three Day Weekend Open Thread! W00t!
February 16th, 2013 at 7:36 am
Lets talk about 900 Kiely ( old Kaiser) in Santa Clara, across from Central Park.
According to this 2009 article; http://scweekly.blogspot.com/2009/02/q-gallery-at-central-park-at-900-kiely.html
The site was zoned medium density, for about 2000 people with 9 acres of open space/ park.
Now in 2013, we are getting the “Gallery” high density, about 5000 people with one acre of open land. Since the original developer Fairchild went bankrupt we have the rising Prometheus developer cramming in the HD.
I do not look forward to this development! They compare the amount of people living there to the effect that 4000 employees of kaiser had, and say it will bring economic development, but I think the traffic, congestion and noise will be extreme in the nearby nighborhoods.
February 16th, 2013 at 8:51 am
#1, 9 acres is a lot of land. The plan to put just 2000 people there sounds outdated. We can’t afford that kind of sprawl. Santa Clara is in the midst of Silicon Valley. We need high density there so people can live where they work, and reduce traffic. 1 acre of open land is generous enough. Santa Clara already has Central Park.
February 16th, 2013 at 9:10 am
I enjoy the fact that homes that are sitting in the “New Migration of the Super Plume” aren’t sold at any discount! If anything, one’s like this “Charming” 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath teardown are going for $950k. That’s 180k down, and $4500 a month for 30 years of cultivating death and cancer destruction, not only for yourself, but your children!
It’s GO TIME!
February 16th, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Everyone knows that buying a toxic dump is better than living in a nice rental.
February 16th, 2013 at 5:08 pm
The south bay market has gone insane!
February 16th, 2013 at 5:14 pm
“There are at least 58 Buyer’s looking in San Jose under 500k!”
So there are at least 58 ‘Buyer’s looking’ to spend less than not a lot of money in the 10th largest city in the United States?
CRAZY!
February 16th, 2013 at 6:17 pm
> I listed it for 399k .It is all original 1962, on a pretty busy road, 3 bedroom ,2 bath rooms approx. 1200 sq.ft. I received 59 offers on it!
Getting 59 offers is ridiculous. It merely means the agent did not do a good job pricing the house. Not an agent I would recommend to any buyer or seller.
February 16th, 2013 at 6:35 pm
Well, the house is on a busy road. The price seems right for the location and square footage.
February 16th, 2013 at 7:41 pm
The house was underpriced. Look on Zillow. Nearby houses – all on Snell – have sold for $408k – $480k recently. Obviously with the recent frenzy, it should have been priced at least in that range.
http://www.zillow.com/homes/5989-SNELL-Ave,-san-jose,-ca_rb/
The foreclosure next door is supposed to be auctioned starting at $435k.
February 16th, 2013 at 10:49 pm
That neighborhood seems rather foreclosure-prone. Found another foreclosure from last week in the 5800 block as well.
I’m not sure the house was underpriced. Only one owner, it probably has a LOT of repairs waiting for the lucky winner.
February 17th, 2013 at 9:24 am
I agree.
We shouldn’t bother the agent. She is keeping the price low in accordance with what is reasonable considering all other factors.
We shouldn’t bother the appraiser. If that person thinks it’s also a $400k house, it certainly should be.
If someone wants to bid all cash $475k. Let them. Also, no loan should be approved above $405, especially considering the work that needs doing on the property.
Who should we bother? The banks, who have about 10,000 properties around this area, and have turned the spigot to drip.
February 17th, 2013 at 9:24 am
I agree.
We shouldn’t bother the agent. She is keeping the price low in accordance with what is reasonable considering all other factors.
We shouldn’t bother the appraiser. If that person thinks it’s also a $400k house, it certainly should be.
If someone wants to bid all cash $475k. Let them. Also, no loan should be approved above $405, especially considering the work that needs doing on the property.
Who should we bother? The banks, who have about 10,000 properties around this area, and have turned the spigot to drip.
February 18th, 2013 at 8:56 pm
I used to live in Central Park at Whisman Station, for 3 years. Then they started jacking up rents and I left. Anyway, the big toxic waste dump behind it…I cannot believe that they are building residential housing on top of that! When I saw the big sign announcing the project posted there, I could not help but snicker. All the weenies that refuse to vaccinate their kids or feed them non-organic kale will be bludgeoning each other to death with sacks of fair trade quinoa as they scramble to snatch up these new townhouses.
February 18th, 2013 at 10:01 pm
#13- “Then they started jacking up rents and I left.”
Clearly you don’t understand the rentard code, which requires every rentard to be willing to pay more, not less, to the landlord. The code specifically states that rentards are absolutely required to pay any amount of rent the landlord requests without looking at any other options. The only competition in the housing market is the competition among rentards looking to pay more. Do you think they are making more land?
March 8th, 2013 at 5:05 am
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