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2010 Aug 23, 11:19pm   3,083 views  11 comments

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This is sobering:

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail-alt/2210-Pacheco-Boulevard_Martinez_CA_94553_M25648-71066

A little background - In February 1996 I purchased the house next door to this one (on the left) for $119K and sold it in 2006 for $404K. Both homes had been for sale at the same time (owners married each other and moved) and this particular property sold late 1995 for $126K, was sold to a flipper for $299K in 2004 and the final owner for $385K also in 2004. I guess the last one lost it to the bank. Funny, I remember multiple conversations with the last owner over that picket fence about the skyrocketing value of his property - him getting all excited that it had gone over 500K, guess he spent that equity! I took my equity and ran like hell.

Anyway, six years after the last sale of this property, it is now an REO listed at $135K and I don't think they will get that!

#housing

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1   zzyzzx   2010 Aug 24, 4:52am  

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3   bubblesitter   2010 Aug 24, 5:47am  

Wow! Almost trying to hit the 1988 mark. Where are the investors/flippers?

4   thomas.wong1986   2010 Aug 24, 6:20am  

Yes, everything after 1998 was polluted with bubble prices. $384K in 2004 was just insane all over the bay area and central valley.

1996 prices however were very reasonable given salaries and risks.

5   vain   2010 Aug 24, 6:36am  

thomas.wong1986 says

1996 prices however were very reasonable given salaries and risks.

Times were good then. You were able to buy a home then with a decent downpayment, and a job that pays $10/hour.

6   thomas.wong1986   2010 Aug 24, 6:41am  

woggs1 says

Maybe this one?
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Martinez/2210-Pacheco-Blvd-94553/home/1475408
IMHO $130,000 is overpriced.

Based on the pix.. you are so right!

7   nehope   2010 Aug 24, 6:47am  

Yeah, the redfin link is also it. Don't know why the first one doesn't work - does for me! Definitely a pre bubble price. They had it listed for 120 days at 200K so this drop is new. Course it's an REO, but this is finally close to actual value. I think it will go even lower before it sells.

8   CaffeineAddict   2010 Aug 24, 7:53am  

Wow thanks for sharing the story. Good for you for running away and making a tidy profit. Unfortunate story for the couple who got screwed. :(

9   marko   2010 Aug 24, 8:59am  

thomas.wong1986 says

woggs1 says

Maybe this one?

http://www.redfin.com/CA/Martinez/2210-Pacheco-Blvd-94553/home/1475408

IMHO $130,000 is overpriced.

Based on the pix.. you are so right!

Forget the Granite countertops - the shopping cart in the driveway does it for me -

10   thomas.wong1986   2010 Aug 24, 10:44am  

marko says

thomas.wong1986 says
woggs1 says
Maybe this one?
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Martinez/2210-Pacheco-Blvd-94553/home/1475408
IMHO $130,000 is overpriced.
Based on the pix.. you are so right!
Forget the Granite countertops - the shopping cart in the driveway does it for me -

There are example of similar homes in SCC where they went for $500K..
Im pretty sure had above home resold in 2005-06 it would had also reached $500K.
Aug 06, 2004 Sold (Public Records) $385,000 104.9%/yr Public Records

Granite or not, its just nuts! Will someone please feed the squirrels...

11   Cvoc13   2010 Aug 28, 2:09pm  

The House in on Pacheco Blvd. is worth like 55K and it is not likely to be a owner occupied it should be a rental as that area is not all that sweet. It makes a good rental for some, But my god 130K is nearly the USA Avg. correct? (shows how silly ca. still is, that is not going to stay that way. IMHO

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