We don’t often add an exclamation point on the subject line here at FDotD, but this one rates. Are you kidding us? $68 per sqft for a genuinely amazing home on 8 acres? That would seem to be well below repla

Pretty easy to do the math on this one. Looks like just under $100 per sq ft. It’s listed as a 1971 3/2 on a good sized 85′ X 135′ sized lot in the Enterprise area. It’s been listed for sale by foreclosure listing broker Diane Abair of Bears Den Realty. She

Hey, check out those “aero” style kitchen cabinets. We’ve heard you can get that style at IKEA. You know what you’re in for here, when the best shot of the house is one obscured by bushes. We haven’t seen it in person but we’ll go out on a

Today’s FDotD is nestled in the tall pines of the Lake McCumber neighborhood. They get some snow up there, as you can see. But it’s really nice in the Summer months, when it gets really hot in the Valley, and Shingletown beckons with cool breezes in the pines. This one

Here’s a rare modern 4 bedroom 2 bath home in a terrific price range for first time homebuyers. It seems likely you can buy this home for about the same as you would pay in rent. Listed as 1663 sq ft on a 79 X 120 lot, it’s a good sized home on a good sized lot. A

This bank owned home has been for sale for almost a year, under 4 different agents, starting at $529K. We have some folks interested in properties with similar features so we went out for a look. On the surface it has a lot going for it: a big modern home, elegant country style, 2.4 acres not far ou

Today’s FDotD is a 1995 3/2.5, of about 1214 sqft. From records, it seems to have last sold in 1999 for $81K. Which means that despite it’s current very low price, this home has appreciated in value at a rate of better than 5% per year. You could do worse on an investme

Today’s luxury FDOtD was filled with fine furnishings when last we saw it on the Association of University Women’

Regular FDotD viewers will recall this one from Jan 1. Back then, it was priced at $158K, and sold right away. We got a few calls on it (call back please!). Not sure what happened to that escrow, but here i

Here’s a HUD home for sale. These have different rules about purchase. This one can only be bought by an owner occupant up until March 7, after which bidding from investors can be considered. This one looks intriguing for the price. Another different aspect t

Today’s FDotD is intriguing. The lot is almost a half acre, which is good sized for Shasta Lake City. The house is diminutive (read: cute) as an 830 sq ft 2/1, but looks like it could be cute(r) with some work. Looks like a buy and hold investment to us. Maybe a starter home

According to records, today’s FDotD last sold in 2006 for $231K. You can get it for less now. Like, oh say, $92,100 less. Now that’s a discount. Try getting a deal like that on Toyota. “Mr Dealer, in view of the acceleration problems I’ve heard abou

Don’t tap on your screen, that’s the whole photo. Here’s a home on a big lot very near Redding. It’s also very near the railroad tracks, but if you can get past that, it has much to offer for the price. We recall it as a Short Sale recently, but that must n

Today’s FDotD seemed farther out of town when it listed and sold in 2001 for $127K. The town grew larger over the decade, but the price of this home, not so much. Was it a lost decade, or is this simply the buy of a decade? You decide. According to records this home was b

Today’s FDotD is directly adjacent to the upscale Placer Pines subdivision. We are told it was nicely remodeled, including granite slab counters, hardwood, and tile flooring, but that the appliances didn’t make it intact through he foreclosure process. We still w

Listed as a 6 bedroom 3 bath home, we wandered around, and lost count. This is the big house you’ve seen just west of the pyramid shaped First Presbytarian church at the top of the hill going west on Placer Street. It

Today’s FDotD is not far east of Redding, in a nice location on a good sized chunk of land, in what might better be described as Bella Vista, despite the Redding zip code. According to records it last sold in 1999 for just under $200K, so has appreciated over the decade.

Here’s another luxury home, post foreclosure. We can’t help featuring these, although we know you love the sub $150K category best. We predicted that we’d see more high-end homes as the Option ARM and “pick a payment” loans reset on

Participate in the recent renaissance of the Parkview neighborhood by taking ownership of this stylish bungalo. It’s easy walking distance to the Certified Organic Farmers market and our excellent library. The Parkview area elementary school,

Today’s FDotD in Shasta Lake City may well qualify for the Housing Assistance forgivable loan program we wrote about. It’s basically a “silent second” that can be completely forgiven after

The whole 2005 “Street of Dreams” promotion echoes with bitter irony today. The Street of Dreams was a group of 4 luxury homes in Redding that were decorated and toured for charity. But really mostly to showcase builders, vendors, and decor. And a chan

Seldom do foreclosure listing agents more accurately describe their subjects. And we like the name Centrum Lane, like the vitamins. Will living under a pyramid structure, and skinny dipping daily in Cedar Creek help you live forever? Buyer to verify. In a

Today’s FDotD looks like it was a swingin’ pad back in the day, despite the inevitable REO green pool. It’s listed as a 4/2 of 2572 sq ft, but tax records say it’s a 672 sq ft 2/1 built in 2003, and now owned by

Today’s FDotD is a 2001 built 3/2 of 1504 sq ft, according to the listing. It’s in a great neighborhood called St Thomas off Hilltop Drive.  It’s very near to shopping of all sorts, and a short walk indeed to the River Trail and the Sundial Bridge at the base of the bluffs. It looks like

We’ve been out to today’s FDotD. It’s back off the road down a lengthy driveway, and sort of perched on 1.8 acres of a northeastern facing hillside, so it seems quite private. Records say it was built in 1958, and is a 4/2 of 2231 sq ft. The prior $399K listing from 2004 fairly gushed the

Today’s FDotD has Churn Creek in the backyard. It creates a pleasant atmosphere. It’s a 1981 built 3/2 of 1196 sq ft that has been remodeled. We don’t think these were originally stucco, so that’s a plus. From what we can tell, this one can qualify for the C

Here’s a Freddie Mac asset out in Cottonwood out off Bowman Road. According to records, it’s on 1.23 acre. The last record of sale we could find was 2000,

Nothing much jumped out at us from today’s crop of foreclosures, so out of curiosity we looked for the oldest REO listing in the MLS. You may have seen this home driving on Bechelli Lane. It’s right across from Riverview Golf Club, so could well be described as a countr

Now that’s a lovely marketing photo. Before you click off, you should know this has a 3 car garage, and is a modern 1508 sq ft home on a greenbelt. Meridian Pointe is a nice enclave of similar homes, tucked in behind an older neighborhood in the Enterprise area. We found a pr

Where exactly is the boundary between Palo Cedro and Anderson? We’re not exactly sure, but this one certainly has more of a Palo Cedro vibe than an Anderson aura. We invite you to consider today’s FDotD as the best of both worlds. Built in 1999, this large 3180

Nothing jumped out at us from today’s crop of foreclosed homes, so today we’re going to catch up on a few items to keep you informed.

The empty boots are mute evidence of choices made. These empty boots. This empty house. They laid their boots out in front of the chair, and sat to down to decide which pair they’d be wearing as they walk out the door for the last time. “These boots were made for

We like the Crown Estates neighborhood. It sits poised at the confluence of the Sacramento River and Clear Creek. All the homes are of similar style and age, modern looking and well made. It’s a bit out of the way, by Redding standards, and driving into the area you have to g

Edgewood is a popular subdivision. It’s in a nicely treed bit of woodsy feeling acreage east of Churn Creek, literally minutes from bustling eastside big box stores and more. Built in 1984, it’s a 3/2 of 1289 sq ft. According to records, it belongs now to the DEP

Looking for a condo in Shasta Lake City? Well, despite that, we are featuring this one as our FDotD from the recent REO harvest. It’s priced attractively, although we are not provided with an idea about the HOA dues in the listing. A prior listing from just before fore

Here’s a Redding bungalo that had been listed back in ‘07 for $175K. It seems worth your attention at this lower price. Although diminutive at 774 sq ft according to records, it seems to have been kept up well. Interesting to think that nobody would build anythin

This one seems to have last sold in 2006 for $369K, although we recall it from just a few weeks ago listed as a Short Sale for $225K. Looks like that didn’t work out. You can surely buy it now. We like the Mel Mar neighborhood a lot. They are mostly hal

Crap. This one was already a REO once this cycle. Here it is again. It brings home literally the impact this foreclosure crisis has on neighborhoods. This is our neighborhood. This one was a bank-owned REO in 2007, when it sold for $366K. It had once fetched $4

Here’s a manufactured home on nearly an acre in Bella Vista. Looks like they had to rebuild the trailer jetway and back patio so you could get in for a look. Built in 1977, this 3/2 is 1536 sq ft and is perched upon a .8 acre parcel. According to records, this p

Today’s FDotD offers much on paper. Westside 4/2.5 of 2088 sq ft. Inground pool, woodstove insert, 563 sq ft garage. Built in 1972, we see this one was once listed for sale in 2007 for $364K. You can get it now for a bit less, shall we say. We are provided with no interior ph

REOs seem to be accumulating in the inventory again. We count 210 in our local MLS as of today. That number has been o

We know you like the cheap inexpensive ones here at FDotD, and this one fits. This REO is listed as being in Anderson, and unlike many Happy Valley and Olinda homes, is probably actually in Anderson. It’s just north of the shuttered Dan Gamel RV dealership, gone south

Less than $100 per sq ft for this renovated ranch style from the late sixties. Listed as a 1969 4/2 of 1915 sq ft on a 90 x 113 lot. It looks worth your attention. We found an old listing from 2007 when they were asking $359K. Get it for less now. Representing the bank/seller is fo

Viewers will recall this FDotD from just 2 months ago. The new buyer is now selling it for more than $200K over what they paid. According to records, it sold about a month ago for $325K, which was a little over $25K above aski

We recall this from 22 days ago as a “Preapproved short sale with… lender Wachovia bank” and priced at $119K. Guess that didn’t work out. You perhaps recall Wachovia from it’s force

We’ve been in this executive home a few times before. It’s quite spectacular, even as measured by the standards of the very upscale custom homes nearby in this exclusive West side neighborhood. It’s a beauty. Completed in 2008, it’s listed as a 3/3 of 3251 s

Today’s FDotD was built in those halcyon real estate days of 2005. We can’t tell if this is the front of the house or the back, or both, and what about that swimming pool decor? Maybe it’s just the angle, but it looks like Fred Flintstone would be ri

Located at the appropriately ironic “end of goldrush,” today’s Old Shasta FDotD has become economic aromatherapy. According to records it last sold in 2006 for $350K. It’s listed as a 3/2 of 1120 sq ft built in 1988. Also according to records, it seems to ha

Not much in today’s crop of unwanted bank-owned homes to feature, but this one is described as a cute little charmer near WalMart. Little, it is, as a 792 sqft 2/1. It was most recently a failed Short Sale at $65K, where it was described as a “1/2 Plex,” so maybe

Sonata is the bank-owned development off Shasta View; da Capo is the Italian term used in sheet music to indicate ’start again from the beginning.’ And in fact we have seen these before, both as new homes that mostly failed t