Here’s A Spot, There’s A Spot, Everywhere’s A Spot, Spot
Following the lead of new zoning plans that are already in place for a few neighborhoods, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have approved new parking legislation for throughout the…
Psst! Hey Buddy, You Need A Kitchen To Go With That New Condo?
Last week the sale of 151 Alice B. Toklas Place #708 closed escrow with a reported contract price of $580,000 ($40,000 under asking). To recap, purchased on 10/05/06 for $865,000;…
Heritage On Fillmore Update: 90% Sold, Reductions And Incentives
According to a plugged-in tipster the Heritage on Fillmore sales office has been hitting the phones: Received a call from the Heritage sales office yesterday…7 units remaining, prices reduced and…
OFHEO: California Leads U.S. House Price Declines (YOY) In Q1 2008
According to the OFHEO’s first quarter 2008 House Price Index (HPI), California registered the sharpest year-over-year depreciation (-10.6%) of any state; Merced, Stockton and Modesto registered the sharpest year-over-year depreciation…
JustQuotes: The Big (As In Jumbo) Difference Between Can And Are
“Three months after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won the freedom to step up home-loan purchases, the government-chartered mortgage-finance companies are doing what critics in the Federal Reserve and Congress…
April S&P/Case-Shiller: San Francisco MSA Declines Across All Tiers
According to the April 2008 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 2.2% from March ’08 to April ’08 and are down 22.1%…
Our Ritz-Carlton Residences Monday Morning Redux: The Update
From a trusted plugged-in tipster on the heels of this mornings post: I’ve heard that one-third of the Ritz units fell out of escrow. I gather some buyers were upset…
You’ll Have To Pardon Us If We Avoid Swapping Any Spit (125 Mono)
While we had been waiting for the website for 125 Mono to go live, a plugged-in reader simply reports: Just went to the open house on Sunday and it is…
A Concerning Comp (And Empty Shell) At The Ritz-Carlton Residences
Last week #1805 at San Francisco’s Ritz-Carlton Residences (690 Market) closed escrow with a reported contract price of $1,300,000. Not too shabby considering it’s a one-bedroom. But perhaps a bit…
When Friia Ruled San Francisco Real Estate (A Reader’s Recollection)
Our piece on 1001 California resurrected the name Vincent Friia, a flamboyant fixture of a bygone era in San Francisco (and its real estate). A reader recollects (slightly edited for…