July 12, 2008
Echo Park Open Houses
It’s Sunday—and despite the heat and the strange threat of rain, there are open houses to see. I’m zeroing in on Echo Park (90026) today, where the Lotus Festival is going on, sans the lotus part. This year has apparently been especially bad for the flowers, and they may not make a comeback. But here are some other sites to see:
- 1873 Lake Shore. Billed as a “fixer,” this 2/2 has slightly under 1,000 square feet and a price tag of $399,000. Hmm, maybe you want to keep driving and see some of the lofts downtown for that price, which comes in at $404 per square foot.
- 1318 Benton Way. This 3/1.75 bills itself as redone with all the granite-counter-style extras. It’s fresh on the market (1 day) and has just over 1,500 square feet. Yours for $869,000.
- 2226 Avon St. A 3/2 Spanish “nestled next to North Elysian Park,” it promises all the amenities. It’s been on the market 146 days, and the google earth photo shows a construction site next to it. I lived next to a house under construction once. It was rough. This one is listed at $689,000.
- 2230 N. Avon St. This Spanish is brand new, and the listing looks very similar to the one above on Avon, so maybe this is the under construction one….listed for $899,000.
- 1321 Carroll Ave. This one is worth going by just to look at—it’s an Angelino Heights Victorian from about 1885, complete with a 1/1 carriage house out back. It’s a historical monument (#176 to be exact), and is listed for $1.576 million.
- 2339 Effie. Effie is the street that never seems to end—it pops up everywhere in Silver Lake. This 3/3 is on hilly part of it with views, and bills itself as a “Caribbean hideaway” on a 14,000 square foot lot. Asking price is $925,000 and its been on the market 35 days.
So there you have it, from affordable to enviable in Echo Park. A few things to note about the area:
- There are currently 108 single family homes listed for sale in the area.
- The average listing price comes out at $535,263.
- The average price per square foot is $443.
- There are 79 sales of single family homes listed in the last 3 months.
- The average sale price was $500,000—coming in at $404 per square foot.
