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listing price usually isn't arbitrary. It's based on recent comps.

if its a nice neighborhood they'll probably get close to that.

Way Way above "normal"... granite top included..

Similar home and price history...

Property History for 4822 ELESTER Dr
Date Event Price Appreciation Source
Jan 11, 2011 Listed (Active) $724,950 -- MLSListings #81101220
Oct 17, 2005 Sold (Public Records) $495,000 -- Public Records
Aug 07, 1998 Sold (Public Records) $150,000 -- Public Records

dinky room inside a prison gets built for $900K and no granite tops, Crazy stuff?

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. -- The federal court judge who stopped executions in California planned to tour the new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison Tuesday in what could be the first step towards the resumption of executions in the state.

The San Quentin death chamber that U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel will inspect was completed last year at a cost of $900,000. Five years ago he declared the old chamber was no good for the lethal injection process adopted more than a decade ago.

I like the description there, so I'll decode:

Realtor words - real meanings.

Immaculate Home - old house slowly falling apart.
Remodeled Kitchen w/ Granite - home depot kitchen cabinets and old granite counter tops.
Huge Skylite - leaking roof.
Both Bathrooms Remodeled - We used paint to cover all the scary things.
Mature Landscaping - some mexican finally cut the grass for $5.