Market snapshot: Brokers’ caravan in Burbank

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I hitched a ride this morning on the Brokers’ Caravan in Burbank with Judy Graff, who comments here as sfvrealestate, which is also the name of her blog. I know what you’re thinking, and you’re wrong. She does not drive a Mercedes. She drives a Toyota Prius.

Here’s what we saw, most of it new on the market:

1100 and 1100 1/2 N. Buena Vista Street 91505 (pictured): $658,000 for two legal residences totalling 1,600 square feet -- a 2 plus 1 main house plus a one-bedroom guest house/carriage house, plus a small standalone office. Nice, old-school Spanish revival with lots of original detailing. If you are into trees, the property has a massive eucalyptus tree in the back yard.

3022 N. Lamer Street 91504: On the market since last summer, reduced from $1.2 million to $999,999. An airy, 2,300-square-foot, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home with a heated, kidney-shaped pool and sweeping Valley views from the Burbank Hills. A handsome house with large public rooms, but no yard to speak of.

2223 N. Lamer 91504: $699,000 for a 2,122 square foot, 4-bedroom, 2-bath house that will have to find a very specific buyer. As in, a buyer who doesn’t want much grass to maintain, because this house has a paved front yard and a pool in back. The marble floors are not for everyone, either.

2304 N. Sparks 91504: Reduced, from $699,000 to $575,000, this is a short sale, and a house with a sad story to tell. The previous occupants clearly left in a hurry -- children’s toys are strewn about, and his-and-hers college diplomas are still framed and mounted on one wall. Judy blogs about it here. UPDATE: The listing agent informs the owners are still in the process of moving out. So scratch the sad story and the leaving in a hurry -- it’s the opposite. They’re leaving slowly.

824 N. Parish Place 91056: $774,999 for a 2,012 square-foot, 4-bedroom, 2 3/4 bath home, half a block from the Chandler Bikeway. Unremarkable.

1430 W. Valleyheart 91506: $1.65 million for an unusual house -- a horse-lover’s paradise, zoned for five horses, and beautifully redone -- so unusual that I gave it a separate post.

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