Exterior of 646 Key Route Blvd, a 1939 Charles MacGregor house in Albany, CA

Photos: MLS listings 40710673 (2015) and 40922164 (Red Oak Realty, ©2020 bridgeMLS); final image Google Street View

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646 Key Route Blvd

Built 1939·Albany, CA 94706

Sold in October 2020 for $915,000 — $136,000 over the $779,000 ask after two weeks on market, its second straight sale to clear asking by six figures (2015 went $121,000 over). The MLS files the style as 'MacGregor' outright, and the 2020 copy calls it a 'charming split-level Tudor-style MacGregor' — two bedrooms and two full baths on a 25-foot lot half the size of its neighbors', a block from Albany Middle and High Schools.

At a glance

Beds

2

Baths

2

Square feet

1,022 sq ft

Lot size

2,500 sq ft

Year built

1939

Stories

1.5

Garage

Attached 1-car

County

Alameda County

APN

67-2836-13

Zoning

R-1

MLS #

40922164

Neighborhood

San Gabriel Triangle

Renovated

1950

Annual tax

$16,316

Assessed value

$1,015,734

Listings elsewhere

Price history

DateEventPriceSource
Oct 27, 2020Sold$915,000Public record
Oct 7, 2020PendingbridgeMLS
Sep 23, 2020Listed$779,000bridgeMLS
Oct 1, 2015Sold$720,000Public record
Aug 20, 2015PendingEBRDMLS
Aug 7, 2015Listed$599,000EBRDMLS
Jul 29, 1999Sold$220,000Public record
Dec 10, 1985Sold$106,000Public record

Construction and systems

Levels

Split level — 2 bedrooms and 2 baths at street level

Rooms

5

Exterior

Stucco

Construction

Wood frame

Roof

Shingle

Heating

Natural gas

Cooling

None

Flooring

Hardwood throughout

Dining

Formal separate dining room

Kitchen

Eat-in kitchen, solid-surface counters, refrigerator

Appliances

Refrigerator, washer, dryer, gas water heater

Laundry

In garage

Lot

Regular, level

Yard

Back yard, deck

Utilities

Public water, public sewer

House notes

  • Zillow's MLS-fed structured field lists the architectural style as simply 'MacGregor', and the 2020 listing copy opens on a 'charming split-level Tudor-style MacGregor home'
  • Sits on a 25-foot lot — county GIS measures the parcel at roughly 2,300 sq ft, about half the size of nearly every neighbor on its Key Route block
  • Matchstick oak floors, called out in the 2020 listing the same way they were at 604 24th St
  • The county carries a 1950 'year renovated' — a real effective-year figure, distinct from the 1939 year built, same as 1107 Evelyn Ave
  • Its last two sales each cleared asking by six figures: $121,000 over in 2015, then $136,000 over in 2020
  • The 2015 sale reset the Prop 13 basis from $275,828 to $720,000, and the tax bill jumped 112% the following year
  • Both sides of the 2020 sale were handled by Red Oak Realty agents
  • By the 2025 Street View pass the dark-green front door had been repainted lavender

Insights

Last sold

$915,000 (2020)

First recorded sale

$106,000 (1985)

Appreciation

+763% (6.4%/yr)

Price per sq ft

$895 (at last sale)

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