Tribe.net. Local Connections Weazie http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#1bde63d2-3eea-4ce4-a0ed-363f937c93b7 2007-11-13T23:37:21Z 2007-11-13T23:37:21Z

A recent peeve of mine: people living in Bernal who own SUVs. Those tanks are wider than the streets!

Weazie 2007-11-13T23:37:21Z emily http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#adabd533-679a-44e3-bf06-ada2ce49033e 2007-11-13T23:29:35Z 2007-11-13T23:29:35Z

6 does have a garage. It's in the back, off Lundys. It's a little tricky to get into though, as the driveway is pretty steep and the garage is little. The people who live there now have two enormous SUV/trucks which they park on the street b/c they wouldn't fit into the garage. But if you had a small car you could totally park in it. What i didn't like about #6 was the floorplan -- the upstairs has two bedrooms and no bathrooms. (This wouldn't work for me because I am LAZY ;-) #2 has a pending sale on the upstairs but they're selling as a TIC so they're holding off until they find a buyer for the downstairs. It's cute, they did a nice job on it but it's really small and has quite low ceilings. Also, not much of a view as compared with the upstairs. Still, it's SF, it'll probably sell!

emily 2007-11-13T23:29:35Z Weazie http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#45ef4e1e-0e78-488f-b54d-2509afff19dd 2007-11-12T23:30:19Z 2007-11-12T23:30:19Z

Emily too mentioned it was Ellis Act'ed...but the tenant is long since gone...I'm curious to see if the new owner abides by that (and the City will investigate and enforce if it isn't). I noticed 6 Prospect is listed as sale pending; that one seemed real cute, but there's no garage.

Weazie 2007-11-12T23:30:19Z Michael Sundius http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#16438403-253a-42e5-97f3-fdd1f2622580 2007-11-09T22:15:30Z 2007-11-09T22:15:30Z

2 prospect was priced a bit high, given its circumstance and the seller a bit stubborn; a bad combination these days. That said, its quite a nice place. It really works for an owner occupier rather; sadly it was ellis-acted so it can't be used as a rental. I understand that one of the two units are in contract. As for the number of open-houses, there was a big bump in the number of houses on the market (in bernal) just after labor day (from about 16 to 35) and now that number has drifted down a bit to around 25. Interestingly the number of houses in contract has stayed constant (around 16) so demand is holding on. Last year 22 houses sold in the month of December (again in bernal) and we were left with only 2 active listings for the new year.. It will be interesting to see how things go this year. I'll second everything that was said about the prices in SF holding on. if you look in viz valley or bayview, prices are pretty soft there, but Bernal is still pretty hot. This all has to do with the fact that those neighborhoods (again sadly) are where the sub prime loans are.

Michael Sundius 2007-11-09T22:15:30Z Weazie http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#7b4da06f-e19a-40fc-99de-122a789f9d67 2007-10-30T00:53:23Z 2007-10-30T00:53:23Z

You're right about 2 Prospect stil being on the market; I saw the realtor key/lock there this weekend. Looking on Zillow, I see recent sales that were above estimate, and those at estimate (which prolly includes those that were also below estimate), so I don't I think there's a pattern. I know something just sold on Elsie for $880k, which was being offered at $800k (but the realtor said that "low" to encourage multiple bids).

Weazie 2007-10-30T00:53:23Z emily http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#1aa3b47a-b60f-48ac-b1ca-95e2bb2b73b6 2007-10-28T16:04:24Z 2007-10-28T16:04:24Z

i've heard other real estate analysts saying the same, that prices aren't likely to come down. who knows though? i can confirm that all the ones right around us do follow that pattern, they're around 800K asking price. 2 prospect is still on the market and i think 6 prospect was gonna start taking bids on 10/22 or so, but still appears to be holding open houses so clearly they haven't closed. i wouldn't be surprised if one or both come down in the asking price, at least a little.

emily 2007-10-28T16:04:24Z Jay http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#a742c914-9ace-492d-aaa2-a824bd65855f 2007-10-27T21:51:40Z 2007-10-27T21:51:40Z

What you say is sadly true in most of the country and even parts of the bay area but not in San Francisco County. Prices haven't and likely won't drop here because they cost so much to begin with. The subprime fiasco doesn't normally apply to homes near a million for the simple reason the subprime borrowers can't afford them. In fact the only homes staying on the market right now are ones listed under $500K, not many of those in SF. Bernal came on our radar 3 years ago because other than Portola and the deep Suset, it was the only neighborhood in SF where you can find a single family home for under $1M. Median selling price in Bernal is now about $900K according to Zillow.com

Jay 2007-10-27T21:51:40Z David http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#f37ea0eb-adbb-461d-916f-b0039a742c12 2007-10-27T08:30:13Z 2007-10-27T08:30:13Z

<What's up with all the open houses?> Lots of people got stuck and now they're desperate to sell. You're only seeing the beginning of a free-fall in home prices. Just a couple years ago people were outbidding each other way way way over asking price. Now they're stuck with unreasonable mortgages.

David 2007-10-27T08:30:13Z Weazie http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#d83870de-02c6-4ad4-8a31-71270f03f611 2007-10-22T21:16:14Z 2007-10-22T21:16:14Z

It looks like 2 Prospect (the one on the corner) sold, but now 6 Prospect is on the market.

Weazie 2007-10-22T21:16:14Z Weazie http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#1eba98fe-975f-4f82-beee-7f4536a3aebc 2007-09-19T21:23:45Z 2007-09-19T21:23:45Z

Did you check out the "bonus rooms" down below? Are they kidding?

Weazie 2007-09-19T21:23:45Z emily http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#b3c8bf42-cdee-40bf-8200-33108a4a7fd7 2007-09-19T21:15:31Z 2007-09-19T21:15:31Z

we walked through the one on the corner of coso and prospect. it is SOOOOOO tiny! both TIC units are the tiniest things ever. they did a nice job remodeling them but they are way too small for us. 400k would be a great price... if we could fit our bed in the bedroom!!

emily 2007-09-19T21:15:31Z Weazie http://bernal.tribe.net/thread/6ca9d15e-dedb-4af5-a767-28c88ff1bcbc#6bceeaf6-5364-4f7c-b44d-3c6ef8ea17f6 2007-09-19T20:39:59Z 2007-09-19T20:39:59Z

Last weekend, there were soooo many in walking distance of my house. Did I not get the memo?

Weazie 2007-09-19T20:39:59Z