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  • for sale: real estate update, May 2007

    A few homes that struck me as I was browsing new (to me) search engine Oodle, which lets you look at classifieds at almost every major newspaper in the US (and plenty of not-so-major papers):

    • just under a million dollars gets you 2,300 (very pretty) square feet in Pasadena CA;
    • about the same amount brings a 4,200 square foot maple, cherry, oak, pecan, stone, brick & stucco bungalow on 100 acres in Royal AR;
    • …and a bit under $200,000 gets you a beautiful wood-shingle bungalow in Coos Bay OR;
    • a big, beautiful bungalow with two rental units in Long Beach CA for $939,000;
    • modest 1922 bungalow for $340k in St. Petersburg FL;
    • an equally pretty two-story bungalow for only $76,000 in Fort Wayne IN;
    • another one of those just-short-of-hideous faux-Bungalow McMansions; this one is $1.7 million in Chevy Chase MD;
    • nicely-restored bungalow for $718,000 in "mid Los Angeles" CA;
    • updated & restored bungalow with nice landscaping for $549,000 in Portland OR;
    • modest stucco Spanish Revival bungalow in Tucson AZ for $275,000; and a
    • very representative stucco Craftsman bungalow in Oakland CA for $539,000.
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  • East Bay (California) homes for sale

    • 3BR/1BA Temescal-area Victorian / Craftsman highwater, $725,000: 671 61st St., Oakland CA
    • attractive Mission Revival bungalow in Alameda’s historic East End, $661,000: 1127 Broadway, Alameda CA
    • pretty Edwardian cottage in North Berkeley’s "gourmet ghetto," $725,000: 1834 Cedar, Berkeley CA
    • a big brown shingle in Rockridge, $749,000: 5935 Keith Ave., Oakland CA
    • very representative bungalow (i.e., tiny but well-made), bright & sunny (with pretty built-ins), $419,000: 993 Arlington Ave., Oakland CA (on the Emeryville border)
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  • foreclosures mounting in Detroit, Michigan

    our friend David forwards us this sad news about the possible upcoming loss of many fine bungalows in Detroit:

    There is a current meltdown of foreclosures in Detroit, Michigan. Some bungalows are selling for $20,000 or less; here is the auctioneers website.

    I’m afraid at these bargain-basement prices and the exodus of renters who can’t find jobs, many out-of-state buyers might chose to tear down the houses and sell the salvaged materials. Or whole neighborhoods could be bought cheap and torn down for future development.

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