Newer Irvine listings with crazy WTF asking prices from equity sellers

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This new listing in OH listed for $50,000 less than what it was purchased for last year, seems strange that they would list at a loss from the start!


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4/16/2025Listed for sale$4,200,000-1.2%$1,216/sqft
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10/24/2024Sold$4,250,000-2.5%$1,230/sqft
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What's up with this house, https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/102-Catalonia-Irvine-CA-92618/136801208_zpid/ ? Price dropped over $700k. Is there a back history to this house like a death?
Seems to be an auction now. Says bid starts at $1,998,800. The price actually dropped almost $1M if you go back to its original listing at $2,995,000 on 11/8/2024. $645/sf seems like a steal. It's a large home, but extremely small lot though, basically, a 3098 sf home on a 3790 sf lot.
 
You get no neighbors in the back thou.

I wonder if they sense a canary in the coal mine. I wonder what the final sale price will be! My guess is 2.3M so around $750/sqft.
 
Market is tanking and no one wants to live next to the landfill.
There are plenty of people who want to live next to the landfill. There are over 300 buyers on the waitlist for Toll Brothers at Summit. Obviously, not all of them are actually interested, but you can be sure that at least 100 of those buyers want to live next to the landfill. Not to mention those on the waitlist for Brookfield and Shea homes at Summit as well.
 
LOL anyone can click a button to be added on the wait list. Wake me when 300 buyers put down a deposit.
Seems like you don't quite understand how these things work.

That is called INTEREST list. You're only added to the wait list when you've been pre-approved by either Toll Brother's preferred lender or whichever lender at your choosing (which would require more documentations since builder prefer to use their preferred lender for pre-approval). So it means these buyers are somewhat serious about buying since they went through the trouble of getting pre-approved.

And you don't put down a deposit UNLESS you've been chosen to purchase a home. So no, there won't be 300 buyers putting down a deposit.
 
Seems like you don't quite understand how these things work.

That is called INTEREST list. You're only added to the wait list when you've been pre-approved by either Toll Brother's preferred lender or whichever lender at your choosing (which would require more documentations since builder prefer to use their preferred lender for pre-approval). So it means these buyers are somewhat serious about buying since they went through the trouble of getting pre-approved.

And you don't put down a deposit UNLESS you've been chosen to purchase a home. So no, there won't be 300 buyers putting down a deposit.

Toll Brothers only requires you fill out a questionnaire which is a few clicks.
 
Seems to be an auction now. Says bid starts at $1,998,800. The price actually dropped almost $1M if you go back to its original listing at $2,995,000 on 11/8/2024. $645/sf seems like a steal. It's a large home, but extremely small lot though, basically, a 3098 sf home on a 3790 sf lot.
This says it's going to live auction now. This was actually one of the model homes too. Hate that cheap looking flooring they put in the loft and on the stairs. I understand the carpet probably wasn't their favorite, but they replaced it with such an off looking option.
 
This new listing in OH listed for $50,000 less than what it was purchased for last year, seems strange that they would list at a loss from the start!


Price history

4/16/2025Listed for sale$4,200,000-1.2%$1,216/sqft
Source:
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CRMLS #OC25083894
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10/24/2024Sold$4,250,000-2.5%$1,230/sqft
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CRMLS #OC24180912
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08/2024 listing read "A Beautiful Home" - powerful selling. Strange To Have Every Word Of A Three Word Description Capitalized, But There It Is. Priced originally at $4,499,000 it had 1 price reduction, then a second at closing to $4,250,000

4/2025 listing isn't even priced right. 100 Bozeman - a much better location, even with homes above it is it's direct competitor - although it's also "marketed" by a Walmart quality realtor. Outside of decent photos, minimal effort done for an estimated $80k or so commission.

Perhaps with the economic uncertainties overseas, money launderers are needing to repatriate clean cash back to the mainland, even if it's at a fractional loss relative to it's power as freshly washed $$$.

We may see the start a small term "rush to the exits" given more and more price reductions the market is experiencing. Of the 60 homes on the market in OH, 15 have had price reductions in the past 30 days, one quarter of all OH listings if my math is correct. In all of Irvine it's about 10%, which is normal.
 
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