San Francisco Sales/Prices Trend Down
On a year-over-year basis, home prices are up 6.1% in the Bay Area (8.1% in San Francisco County) according to the California Association of Realtors. Yes, single-digit year-over-year appreciation for…
QuickLinks: Building Up
A tipster passes along the links to three new developments soon(?) to grace(?) the San Francisco skyline: ∙ The Infinity (300 Spear) ~ 650 units ∙ The Soma Grand (1160…
Evidence Of Another Marketing Problem
An article in Friday’s San Francisco Business Times focuses on how lenders are “falling all over themselves to throw money at ”, and characterizes Bay Area condo construction as the…
1635 California Street
Vanguard’s marketing materials describe 1635 California Street as having a “stylish entrance lobby and elevator much like a boutique hotel”. And after making it to yesterday’s open house, we’d say…
San Francisco Population 400,000?
Results of the Bay Area Council’s annual poll have been released. Although 35 percent of respondents ranked transportation as their highest concern, 19 percent said housing was the biggest problem.…
Permaconstruction At Post And Masonic Presidio
A year ago construction began on a multi-unit building at the corner of Post and Masonic Presidio. After nine months workers stopped showing up. And today, the building sits unfinished…
Speculators in San Francisco?
An excerpt from this week’s Surreal Estate: Recently, San Francisco has added protections to make Ellis Acting less desirable. Just this week, the California Court of Appeals upheld a new…
Friday Fun: Name This House
Welcome to the inaugural installment of SocketSite’s Name This House™ (just sounds better than “identify this house”). First up, an ex-bachelor pad with a modern façade that belies quite possibly…
Economic Impact Of Industry Slowdown
A couple of interesting paragraphs from Inman News yesterday: “As real estate industry layoffs continue and the toll mounts, some industry experts predict a toll of as much as 40…
Golden Gate City?
Okay, we’re big fans of apartment therapy. And we’re looking forward to their full-blown San Francisco edition. But somebody really needs to tell them to stop referring to San Francisco…