1097 Howard #308 Shines Some Apples To Apples Style Light
The “apples to apples” sale of 1097 Howard #308 closed escrow on 9/11/09 with a reported contract price of $1,900,000. Purchased for $2,450,000 in 2007 and listed for $2,300,000 this…
SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory Update: 9/14/09
Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco increased 9.9% over the past two weeks in a typical post-Labor Day bounce. Listed inventory is currently running…
More Evidence Of A High Speed Snub For The Transbay Transit Center
Last November Judge Quentin Kopp, chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority, spoke out against extending California’s proposed high speed rail line beyond the current Caltrain station at Fourth and…
Nine Years (Including Six Of Construction) In The Making: 2935 Pacific
Purchased for $4,125,000 in the year 2000 for the lot value, the newly constructed 2935 Pacific has been nine years in the making including six years (and nearly 100 vendors…
Can’t Sell Raffle? (1240 5th Avenue Returns)
The “$2.4 million San Francisco dream home raffle” grand prize (1240 5th Avenue), which the winner of the raffle turned down in exchange for $1.8 million in cash, is back…
Oh Puck! 949 Lombard (Real World San Francisco) Facing Foreclosure
A plugged-in tipster keeps the local television theme alive with a note about the unpaid $3,715,730 mortgage balance and foreclosure filing for 949 Lombard, also known as The Real World…
Will Tavern On The Green’s Bankruptcy Kill An SF Outpost?
Citing “extreme financial distress brought on by the current financial crisis and the City of New York’s decision not to renew lease,” New York’s Tavern on the Green has filed…
The “Plugged-In(side) Scoop” And Candid Peek Inside: 2550 Webster
The listing photos for 2550 Webster do a nice job of highlighting some of its original detail, but a plugged-in tipster provides a more candid peek inside: Now that I’ve…
The Chronicle Reports “Dozens,” A Plugged-In Source Says Over 100
While the Chronicle reports “dozens more Lembi properties are in play” in addition to the 75 ex-Lembi-owned apartment buildings that have already been given or taken back by the banks,…
Tis’ The Season (September) To Return: 2011 Golden Gate Ave Edition
As we wrote about 2011 Golden Gate Avenue in May: We can’t be certain that it started out as a “flip” (or more accurately a speculative remodel), but 2011 Golden…