Comments on: Alameda 3bd/2ba Homes: For Sale and Sold http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html Redfin Bay Area Sweet Digs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alison http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html/comment-page-1#comment-4344 Alison Mon, 05 May 2008 01:27:26 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html#comment-4344 Hi Parag: thanks for the clarification. Perhaps it will just take some more time for those zips in Alameda to come down; Alameda and SF seem to be slower in price dropping than say Oakland and areas in Contra Costa such as Richmond...but according to many even "Prime" areas such as SF (and I think Alameda can be considered Prime as well) will come down eventually. See a comment by one of our regular readers SurveyKid who commented on my posting $100k or More Off Please: Oakland Price Reductions here: http://sfbay.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/100k_or_more_off_please_oakland_price_reductions_.html#comments Hi Parag: thanks for the clarification. Perhaps it will just take some more time for those zips in Alameda to come down; Alameda and SF seem to be slower in price dropping than say Oakland and areas in Contra Costa such as Richmond…but according to many even “Prime” areas such as SF (and I think Alameda can be considered Prime as well) will come down eventually. See a comment by one of our regular readers SurveyKid who commented on my posting $100k or More Off Please: Oakland Price Reductions here:
http://sfbay.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/100k_or_more_off_please_oakland_price_reductions_.html#comments

]]> By: Parag http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html/comment-page-1#comment-4300 Parag Fri, 02 May 2008 01:06:56 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html#comment-4300 Hi Allison By "higher now" I meant that homes had a price as high or higher relative to similar transactions in 2006 which I consider the peak of the bubble. Its interesting that in 94501 and 94502, the price / foot for non fixer uppers is still in the 400s, a level that was hot only during the bubble time. Pre-bubble pricing (2004 and prior) per square foot was below the 400 level. Any other insight would be helpful. Maybe I am being unrealistic?? Hi Allison

By “higher now” I meant that homes had a price as high or higher relative to similar transactions in 2006 which I consider the peak of the bubble. Its interesting that in 94501 and 94502, the price / foot for non fixer uppers is still in the 400s, a level that was hot only during the bubble time. Pre-bubble pricing (2004 and prior) per square foot was below the 400 level. Any other insight would be helpful. Maybe I am being unrealistic??

]]> By: Alison Ching http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html/comment-page-1#comment-4258 Alison Ching Thu, 01 May 2008 15:55:44 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html#comment-4258 Hi David: "fourth dimension", lol =); well, these things can be strange...our house is 950 SF but looks much larger from the front because it is a row house victorian but a bit wider set than others built in that period; and I've been into homes that are the oppposite: tiny from outside but once you go in it somehow expands... Hi Parag: glad you like the info; hope it helps! Thank YOU for your previous comments; they spawned posting material for me. Something I wanted to clarify from your previous comment: when you said that 3/2 prices are higher in Alameda "now", were you comparing to 1 year ago, 2 years ago, etc.? I wasn't sure what your time reference was...Thanks! Hi David: “fourth dimension”, lol =); well, these things can be strange…our house is 950 SF but looks much larger from the front because it is a row house victorian but a bit wider set than others built in that period; and I’ve been into homes that are the oppposite: tiny from outside but once you go in it somehow expands…

Hi Parag: glad you like the info; hope it helps! Thank YOU for your previous comments; they spawned posting material for me. Something I wanted to clarify from your previous comment: when you said that 3/2 prices are higher in Alameda “now”, were you comparing to 1 year ago, 2 years ago, etc.? I wasn’t sure what your time reference was…Thanks!

]]> By: Parag http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html/comment-page-1#comment-4236 Parag Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:03:04 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html#comment-4236 Alison WOW!!! Mwah mwah..thank you so much. This is a wealth of Info. I'm glad I have redfin on My Yahoo as I had not actually visited the site in a couple of days :) Alison

WOW!!! Mwah mwah..thank you so much. This is a wealth of Info. I’m glad I have redfin on My Yahoo as I had not actually visited the site in a couple of days :)

]]> By: David http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html/comment-page-1#comment-4225 David Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:06:48 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html#comment-4225 I think it has 1256 sq ft in a fourth dimension. I wonder how a house that appears to be, say, 45X20 and single story can physically be 1256 sq ft. But maybe I'm eyeballing it wrong. I think it has 1256 sq ft in a fourth dimension. I wonder how a house that appears to be, say, 45X20 and single story can physically be 1256 sq ft.

But maybe I’m eyeballing it wrong.

]]> By: Alison Ching http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html/comment-page-1#comment-4221 Alison Ching Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:04:36 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html#comment-4221 Hi David: thanks for the heads-up. 1256 SF sounds like a moderate size for Oakland/Berkeley properties in that price range but for Alameda looks to be on the small side judging from the other 3/2 properties on the market. Hi David: thanks for the heads-up. 1256 SF sounds like a moderate size for Oakland/Berkeley properties in that price range but for Alameda looks to be on the small side judging from the other 3/2 properties on the market.

]]> By: David http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html/comment-page-1#comment-4199 David Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:18:37 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/2008/04/alameda_3bd2ba_homes_for_sale_and_sold.html#comment-4199 I drove by the house on Broadway. Seemed awful small for a 3/2. Didn't bother to go in. I drove by the house on Broadway. Seemed awful small for a 3/2. Didn’t bother to go in.

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