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If you missed last year’s Decorator Showcase, we just noticed that the listing for 2901 Broadway now features the newly decorated shots (and the virtual tour before and afters). And…
“Developer Joe Cassidy has donated a Bayview district housing site to the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, a gift that will allow the nonprofit to build a 170-unit affordable housing project targeting…
According to a plugged-in tipster, the 888 Seventh Street sales office will officially open this weekend with roughly 10% of the 54 market rate condos already in contract. And the…
We’ve heard the stories of contract holders losing their deposits, but a plugged-in reader is hoping for a little guidance from somebody who hasn’t. I put down a nonrefundable deposit…
“The developer of the recently opened Eight Orchids condominium mid-rise in Oakland hopes to auction off nearly a third of the units, with some starting bids $300,000 below prior asking…
Despite federal rate cuts, mortgage rates that remain well below historic averages and even HOPE, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association U.S. foreclosure rates are at an all-time high. New…
From the listing for 1800 Bryant #107: “Very conteporary 2 bath loft with 13 foot ceilings and custom coloration, built-in bookcase with ladder, quality appliance and stained cement floor. Tray…
Increased FHA loan limits for high-cost areas were announced and effected yesterday (apparently Wells Fargo will begin writing in about two weeks). Today, the new conforming loan limits are expected…
“Merrill Lynch & Co. will eliminate 650 jobs and record a $60 million charge as it stops making new home loans through First Franklin Financial, the subprime lender that former…
It’s another case of years in the making (and neighborhood resistance), but according to a plugged-in tipster it appears as though the redevelopment of 700 Valencia Street (at the southwest…