Thanks SF gate for featuring our listing in your story. We know a lot of other great neighborhoods with homes under $1 million, in case you are interested!

 

 

5505 Kales Ave. in Oakland is $989K for a 2/1. EBRD / MARVIN GARDENS EAST BAY

 

Bushrod, Oakland, a small enclave across the Bay from San Francisco, was named the hottest neighborhood of 2017 by real estate site Redfin.

 

The accolade might come as a surprise to Bay Area locals, in part because there's not much to do in Bushrod. We bet few could find the three-block-wide micro-neighborhood on a map.

 

It's the first time an Oakland neighborhood has made one of Redfin's "hottest neighborhoods of 2017" lists. The site based the ranking on increases in internet traffic to listings in specific neighborhoods. Bushrod homes typically sell in under two weeks at 115% of the listing price.

 

I recently spent the afternoon in Bushrod to see if it's worth the hype.

 

Bushrod, Oakland, is one of a shrinking number of Bay Area neighborhoods where you can buy a home for under $1 million. That might not be true for long.

 

Nestled between Berkeley and Oakland, the micro-hood sits in an area that's said to be "closer to San Francisco than San Francisco is." It takes about 20 minutes to travel from the city's downtown to Berkeley's Ashby Station, a 15-minute walk from the heart of Bushrod.

 

 

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A long-time enclave for the black working class, the neighborhood has tree-lined streets and a handful of businesses with storefronts that haven't changed in years.

 

 

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Not much happens in Bushrod. A Wikipedia entry makes note of a 2006 incident in which a large chunk of ice fell from the sky and left a crater, making the local news.