Posts Tagged ‘House of the week’House of the Week UPDATE: No Way San JoseA couple weeks ago, we highlighted 1660 Duvall Dr, San Jose, CA in our House of the Week. Our exact words: “This week’s house of the week redfines the term ‘over-listed.’ ” Indeed. Listed at $665,000 we valued the property at $525,000 on 3/26/09 . Then today, 4/14/09, the list price was dropped by more [...] Deal or No Deal Results: Mountain View on the Rise?Cirios Verdict: NO DEAL This property is a well-maintained home in Mountain View, CA. Mountain View is home to Google, Yahoo and numerous other Internet and tech companies. Schools are good, crime is low and affordability, is, well, never mind. Prices, after holding up well relative to other parts of the Bay Area, are coming [...] Deal or No Deal: Mountain View on the Rise?We’re changing up the Cirios House of the Week a bit — we want to know whether you think this is a DEAL or NO-DEAL? In other words, would you buy this house at this price? In our results post, we’ll tell you what we think. This week’s house comes to you straight out of [...] House of the Week Results: How Much is that Condo in the Window?This property is one of the many, many, many small condos for sale in Orange County. Santa Ana is centrally located next to what used to be the center of mortgage lending in this country, which has quickly turned into the center of a whole bunch of unoccupied commercial space. All kidding aside, condos like [...] House of the Week Results: No Way San JoseThis week’s House of the Week redefines the term “over-listed.” While the house does have a number of things going for it — large living area, good curb appeal and a nice open layout, it’s just priced too high. But, like many sellers in the area, this one is yet to come to terms with [...] House of the Week: Paradise Found – Ocean BeachFor this week’s House of the Week, Cirios takes you down the coast from San Francisco about 500 miles to one of California’s hidden gems: Ocean Beach in San Diego. Ocean Beach (or “OB” as the locals call it) is a modest, middle class town free of the pretentiousness of many other beach towns in [...] House of the Week Results: Blame it on BrentwoodBrentwood, as we mentioned, was a poster child for California’s real estate boom and bust. A rural community turned boom town when homebuilders and speculators descended on its quiet shores. Ok, not shores so much as fields, but you get the idea. 552 Sassafrass is a gargantuan home, almost 5,000 square feet on a single [...] House of the Week: Blame it on BrentwoodFor this week’s House of the Week, Cirios takes you on a ride to the formerly pastoral outskirts of Contra Costa County, an hour-long jaunt east from San Francisco. Brentwood, once a quiet farming town, became a poster child for the housing market’s boom and bust. Builders threw up development after development, buyers paying more [...] House of the Week Results: It’s Always Sunny in SunnyvaleUnlike Santa Ana, where last week we learned there is strong demand for attractively priced properties, Sunnyvale has seen sales volume decrease over the past 3 months. This is concerning, particularly as other, distressed areas experience pops in sales activity and the broader economy continues to weaken. Sunnyvale is in the heart of Silicon Valley [...] House of the Week: It’s Always Sunny in SunnyvaleThis week’s House of the Week comes to us from the suburban hamlet of Sunnyvale, a short 45 minute drive south from San Francisco. Sunnyvale is conveniently located near Silicon Valley job centers and also home to a Toys ‘R Us that’s allegedly haunted by a ghost named Johnny Johnson. Address: 809 Muender Avenue, Sunnyvale, [...] House of the Week: Sweet Sweet Santa AnaEvery Wednesday, Cirios will post details about a house in a different part of California that is currently listed, under contract, or recently sold. We invite readers to guess how much it was listed and sold for, or if it hasn’t sold, what the final purchase price will be. If you need additional information about [...] |