P-p-p-price Drops in P-P-P-Pinole

Redfin has a cool feature whereby you can have notices of price changes and new listings e-mailed to you. Lately, “XX updates‏,” the heading of a recent notification that dropped into my inbox, almost always means “XX price reductions.” Price drops: sign of the times!

And such is the case with a recent notice, which brings our attention to some breath-catchingly low prices in Pinole. For those of you unfamiliar with CoCo County, this is a bedroom community right next to the Hilltop Mall (shopping! gym!) and Interstate 80. The median income is $62,256, not too shabby for this corner of the county.

206 Dursey Drive, Pinole: 2 bedrooms/1 bath, 928 sq ft, was $225,000, now $200,000. Is this a low price or what? It’s a condo, but an end unit; homeowners association dues are a steep $360. The listing tells us the place is “light,” so perhaps the dingy-looking photos are just, well, bad photos.

3219 Colusa Street, Pinole: 4 bedrooms/2 baths, 1,559 sq ft, was $362,900, now $344,900. Hey, that’s pretty sweet for a single-family detached home with a fireplace and laminate flooring, even if the listing does say, “Needs work.” This is a foreclosure, natch.

2524 Curran, Pinole: 4 bedroms/2.5 baths, 1,874 sq ft, was $540,000, now $539,000. Well, yeah, that’s not much of a reduction, but this two-story single-family detached house is really pretty, with views, mahogany floors, granite counters, dual pane windows and other cool stuff. There is an association fee of $80. (Photo: peasap)