As we wrote in July of 2012:
Having hit the market in late 2006 asking $1,295,000, the 1,792 square foot 2130 24th Street #A sold for $1,274,000 in the middle of 2007.
With its Scavolini cabinets, Carrara marble counters, and Black Walnut floors still looking rather fresh, the contemporary Potrero Hill condo is back on the market and listed for $1,389,000.
With twenty percent down and a thirty-year mortgage at current rates, the monthly mortgage payment would be around $5,300 a month at asking. In 2006, the payments on the purchase would have been closer to $6,500 at rate of 6.56 percent.
Having failed to sell in 2012, the Potrero Hill condo is back on the market today and listed for $1,499,000. With the current rate for a 30-year Jumbo loan running around 4.0 percent, the monthly mortgage payment with 20 percent down at asking is now around $5,700 a month, 12 percent less than in 2006 but 8 percent higher than at asking in 2012.
UPDATE: Our original calculation of a $6,700 monthly payment at asking today included property taxes and HOAs which should not have been included for the sake of comparison and has since been updated above.
May I ask a question: Is is now the norm to build a home with no backyard/soft scape? No grass? No trees?
I would say it’s more the old norm, while the house was built in 2006, I would bet the lot was defined long before that.
Also, if you check the satellite view there is a very small yard behind the house with some trees. I suspect that since it’s a fairly steep hillside, at an angle the builder decided a deck was more valuable than a very small, very shaded yard.
Its not located in what one would call a more desirable part of Potrero Hill. To be kind.
You know the street is steep when it is level with both the bottom and top of the garage, within the 25′ lot width. The listing agent screwed up and didn’t employ mad photoslop skillz to make the street appear level.
Calculation is incorrect. If you buy it for $1.5M with 20% down, your mortgage is $1.2M. Payments on a 30 year fixed $1.2M mortgage at 4% interest would be $5,729/month, not $6,700.
[Editor’s Note: Great catch. Our original calculation of the monthly payment at asking today included property taxes and HOAs which should not have been included for the sake of comparison and has since been updated above.]
One other thing to consider when comparing the monthly payment is the amount of down payment required to get the 30 year mortgage. A 20% down payment on $1,389,000 versus $1,499,000 requires $22,000 more of your capital to be tied up for that larger purchase.
The grade on that block is 28.8% according to hillmapper.com