"From what I can see a low quality shack is about all that sum will purchase in Northern California."
There are a lot of new homes in the Eastern Contra Costa and Solano county running from 575 to 750K. 99.999999% of the world's population would probably sell their soul and kill someone to move into one of these shacks.
What I see as crazy re the home market in N California is in the areas where the eco terrorists have prevented new homes from being built. Old homes that need a lot of repair are selling at a million $'s. This has amazed me for two decades in Marin, the Wine Counties, East and South Bay counties around Gay Frisco.
"What I see as crazy re the home market in N California is in the areas where the eco terrorists have prevented new homes from being built. Old homes that need a lot of repair are selling at a million $'s."
Why, that's just so UNFAIR. Time to tax these windfall profits to subsidize affordable housing for the homeless. /s