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3 Incredible Opportunities in Menlo Park!

11-03-10
Wende Schoof ~ WendeByTheBay.com 650.504.0219 ~ San Francisco Peninsula
Wende Schoof ~ WendeByTheBay.com 650.504.0219 ~ San Francisco Peninsula: Real Estate Agent in Redwood City, CA
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I was looking at listings in one of my favorite neighborhoods, North Fair Oaks in Menlo Park, CA, this morning and realized there are 3 amazing opportunities there right now!

It's rare to use the words "deal" and "Menlo Park" in the same sentence, and now there are 3! For anyone who is looking to get into the housing market on the San Francisco Peninsula, this is the portal! Whether you're a first time buyer, move up or down buyer or investor, these 3 properties are screaming GREAT TIME TO BUY! All 3 are real estate owned, which is still not that common in Menlo Park west of the 101 freeway. All 3 are located in a wonderful, unincorporated area of Menlo Park that has the relaxing feel of a rural village while being located within a few minutes of every suburban amenity imaginable. The neighborhood is filled with all sorts of professional people who have chosen to pay less for their homes than in some of the neighboring, luxury priced enclaves with higher ranked schools. It's common to see scores of kids out riding bikes and residents walking dogs and strollers on the weekends and in the afternoons. Unfortunately,the foreclosure crisis has begun trickling into the neighborhood. Though, one person's misfortune may be another's fortune, and this is certainly the case here! So, if you or someone you know is looking for the right opportunity to purchase a home, here a 3 great options!

3422 Oak Avenue, Menlo Park

3422 Oak Dr, Menlo Park

MLS# 81046360 Listed by Sam Fotopoulos, Atlantic and Pacific Real Estate I represented the seller of this property in 2006, just after it had been updated, when it sold for $825,000. It's 3 bedrooms/2 baths, approximately 1450 square feet with a 2 car garage. Listed at $624,900 (Photos are my own from 2006)

3422 Oak Dr kitchen

775 17th Avenue, Menlo Park

775 17th Avenue, Menlo Park

MLS# 81052567 Listed by Jon Foster, The Mercury Alliance This is a 3 bedroom, 1 bath home, approximately, 1650 square feet on a 6500+ square foot lot, in need of some fix-up. Currently listed at $520,000, the price was just reduced $100,000 today!

446 8th Avenue, Menlo Park

446 8th Avenue

MLS# 81052092 Listed by Jeff Schafer, Coldwell Banker The Professional Group This 1 bedroom, 1 bath home, approximately 970 square feet on a 5350 square foot lot, has a lot of cottage charm and room to grow. Priced at $500,000, it's the least expensive single, detached home west of the 101 freeeway!446 8th Ave kitchen

To get a flavor of the North Fair Oaks neighborhood and other homes that have recently sold, check out my recent listing and sale at http://www.658palmerlane.com. For more information on any of these homes and others available in the Menlo Park and San Francisco Peninsula area, contact Wende Schoof at www.WendebytheBay.com

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Fair Oaks In Menlo Park--Too Cute

01-01-10
Jeff Pereyda Fremont-Newark-Union City Homes for sale
Jeff Pereyda Fremont-Newark-Union City Homes for sale: Real Estate Brokerage in Fremont, CA
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If you had the opportunity to follow my blog once in a while, you already know that I am a real estate broker who sells Fremont homes. http://www.tricityhome.com. Can I sell a home in the Fair Oaks in Menlo Park area? The answer is yes. You see, if someone is in need to relocate from Fair Oaks in Menlo Park, they might consider a Fremont home as an option first and contact a Realtor here in Fremont to aid in the research.



Many reasons govern those who need to sell their homes and move, regardless of where, but Fremont home prices are still good from a buyer's perspective, and Fair Oaks in Menlo Park may not have been hit as hard by the price drop; home prices may have fallen only 25% in Fair Oaks in Menlo Park as opposed to 30-35% in Fremont, so a relocation from Fair Oaks in Menlo Park to a Fremont home at this point could be a slight win fall. We currently have the pleasure of helping a home owner make such a move.



Sometimes, as I mentioned earlier, it starts when an owner who is contemplating a move, looks into purchasing a home in another area and asks a Realtor questions about it--(in this case, Fremont and yours truly, respectively) Anyway, after I had a nice talk with the home owner in Fair Oaks in Menlo Park, they decided it was the best thing for them to do. We discussed many options--rent, roomates, but it was just time.



When I drove to the home off of Fair Oaks in Menlo Park I was taken aback, hence the inspiration for the blog post and the attempt at expository writing to follow.




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I was truly awe struck by the old trees lining the streets with teeming fall colors and their limbs above reaching across the canopy as if presenting one another with Yule Tide greetings and protecting us below from the cold, light rain. On occasion, I would see wafts of chimney smoke reaching through the lower branches leaving those of us walking along these country roads with a choice to either simply catch the scent of oak or pine or place that smell of fall together with an image of fresh-baked hearth bread by the fire inside these country cottages during a cold winters rain. I had chosen the latter to embellish in the moment even if it were perhaps not true.



I know. "Don't quit the day job Jeff." Stick with real estate.



So, in short, I have the listing, and it should be on the market in one week or so. Truly, Fair Oaks in Menlo Park is too cute for words, at least my words anyway.
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