Honey, the neighbors undercut us by $500,000!

I've been following Crystal Cove home prices closely. There are some very disappointed home sellers in Crystal Cove. This probably goes under the category of "the market giveth and the market taketh away." Crystal Cove homes appreciated hugely in the bubble years.

Now is the time for the home values to give it up.

Take 2 Tideline Bluff, for example. Originally listed for $4.5 million, it has been reduced to $3.6 million. This about half way up the hill in Crystal Cove, where homes have been listed in the 4-5 million dollar range. Now, the price cut on 2 Tideline Bluff and the listing price on other homes have made it clear that the $4 million dollar days are gone for good.

Just down the street is 20 Tideline Bluff, listed at $4.8 million. This one is, well, pretty clearly over valued in view of this development. Yet Coldwell Banker is still trying to sell it at this price. What does that say for Coldwell's credibility? Thoughts anyone?

It should be appreciated that the neighbor's price cut really does nothing other than demonstrate that the true market values for these homes have gone down. If the values are down, they are down, no matter what the various asking prices. If either home were worth 4 million dollars, then someone would step up and pay it. Not going to happen because in reality the homes are not worth it.....