Something has been happening along Blanche Road in the Trees this year.
We covered the surprisingly healthy sale prices achieved in 3 sales at one intersection in "The Hot Corner: 35th/Blanche."
Last year, a corner-lot custom home on a much-oversized lot (8000+ sqft.) at 2100 Blanche sold for a big number: …
Something has been happening along Blanche Road in the Trees this year.
We covered the surprisingly healthy sale prices achieved in 3 sales at one intersection in "The Hot Corner: 35th/Blanche."
Last year, a corner-lot custom home on a much-oversized lot (8000+ sqft.) at 2100 Blanche sold for a big number: $3.675M, with multiple offers.
And now we're looking at the just-closed sale at 2901 Blanche (pictured throughout this post), again thinking, "Wow, Blanche seems like no deterrent."
At 2901 Blanche, they asked $3.199M, and got more: $3.225M.
You don't need this little blog to tell you that Blanche is a busy street.
A home on a busy street would typically take longer to sell and go for less.
Ah, but rules are made so that there can be exceptions. Except, recently, Blanche-facing properties seem to be redefining the rules.
2901 Blanche (5br/5ba, 3340 sqft.) is a 2005 original that's been very nicely upgraded.
Start with a Cape Cod, then modernize it, and you may always have something great in this market. Add the bonus resort-like back patio, and buyers must have.
That was the market's response here. A total of 4 DOM and a new high for Blanche... by quite a bit.
Put aside 2100 Blanche, where the huge lot size makes for difficult comparisons.
Then you see the accomplishment for 2901 Blanche. At $3.225M, it blows away the recently set record for The Road, 3500 Blanche at $2.595M.
True, 3500 Blanche (4br/4ba, 3400 sqft.) is much closer to Rosecrans, and is built in a custom Spanish style and with one questionable design element: A living room picture window looking straight at The Road.
As a remodeled Cape Cod oriented away from The Road, 2901 Blanche was going to net more than that one.
But 24% more?!? Who knew?
The third-place finisher in the Blanche Road sweepstakes so far was 3102 Blanche in late 2015 at $2.480M. This just underscores how well the very recent sale at 2901 stacks up.
That $3.225M closing price on 2901 Blanche puts it on a par with some new construction sales recently, while 3500 Blanche came in priced more like the mid-to-late 2000s Mediterraneans around the Trees.
Another interesting contrast involves two of these homes, using a historical comparison.
Both 3500 and 2901 Blanche were on the market in 2008.
3500 Blanche was new at the time, built for spec. It needed 4 months, closing at $2.125M in July 2008.
2901 Blanche was 3 years old, sought $2.395M on the market, but canceled in March 2008. A private sale closed in April 2008 at $2.273M.
That was just a 7% gap in closed prices at the time. But that gap grew from $150K or so to more than $625K (+24%) this time.
Quick takes: Blanche is doing just fine this year, as are traditional, beachy homes in the Trees.
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