Is It Simply The New New Strategy, Or Is It Actually A(nother) Sign?
It’s a plugged-in reader that points out another apple ripening on the Noe Valley housing tree. Purchased for $965,000 on 8/4/06, 1024 Sanchez is back on the market today with…
Say Hello To My Little Friend Frond (And An Orchid) At 2221 Baker
Designed by Albert Sutton and Charles Peter Weeks in 1905, it’s actually not the architecture of 2221 Baker Street that caught our eye. No, it was simply the composition and…
JustQuotes: Redeveloping The Developments (And Changing The Mix)
“Three more decrepit San Francisco public housing developments will be refashioned into denser neighborhoods that include some market-rate housing, under a new agreement between the Housing Authority and construction companies…
Forget The Rock Star Lifestyle, Anybody Want To Live Like A Mayor?
According to a plugged-in tipster, “the custom built 1953 Clarendon Heights home of Mayor Robinson is hitting the MLS tomorrow.” 100 Palo Alto Avenue offers huge views to both the…
A Million “Motivated” Reasons To Get That New Album Out The Door
After 330 days on the market at $10,500,000, and a little de-rockstaring, the asking price on 2505 Divisadero has been reduced $1,000,000 (9.5%). And while a year on the market…
Two Economic Hands: Which Is The Left, And Which Will Be Right?
On the one hand are the economists at UCLA: “…the housing collapse won’t cause a California recession because the sector is too small to cause the state’s overall economy to…
Some Relative Perspective On The Position Of The Transbay Project
Neither Millennium (M) nor 555 Mission might appear in most (any?) of the initial design renderings for the proposed Transbay Terminal and Tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli, but at least…
Coming Soon Here And Now “Off The Market”: 1158 Sutter Street
We’ll see if we can’t get an official answer this afternoon, but in the meantime we’re wondering if a plugged-in reader or two might have the inside scoop on why…
A Liquidity Boost (And A Chance To Launder Some “AAA” Securities?)
“The Federal Reserve, struggling to contain a crisis of confidence in credit markets, plans to lend up to $200 billion in exchange for mortgage-backed securities. The Fed coordinated the effort…
A Reader Starts Singing The BLŪ’s (631 Folsom Website Now Live)
The subject line only tip that just arrived from a reader: “SFBLU’s website is finally up!” The 631 Folsom Street development includes 108 two-bedroom two-bath condos on floors 2-19, and…