Buy A BMR…For $10K More Than Bank-Owned At Candlestick Point
The Mayor’s Office of Housing is helping to promote the resale of Candlestick Point (101 Crescent Way) Below Market Rate unit #2213. It’s two bedrooms, two baths, 1,063 square feet…
Suspended Disbelief (And Renderings) For 15 Surrey
As the 625 Square foot one bedroom and one bath 15 Surrey Street looked in August of 2007 when purchased for $731,000. And for the most part as it looks…
Hating On Solar Panels In The Upper Haight
Four excerpts from the San Francisco Examiner: “After installation of the panels for the three-unit building …nearby homeowners filed an appeal with The City against the plans. The neighbors are…
A “Fresh” Look At Firehouse 44 (3816 22nd Street) After 515 Days
It’s been on the market since May 22, 2008. And during that time the asking price has dropped from $6,375,000 to $5,175,000. And no, 3816 22nd Street (a.k.a. Firehouse 44)…
One Hawthorne: Close To Being Closed In But Without Its Crown?
Topped out in June, the 24-story and 165-unit One Hawthorne is close to be closed in. And as a plugged-in reader notes, the building would likely be one of the…
A Higher Watermark Than Some Expected…Only 23% Under ’06 Price
The bank-owned sale of the two bedroom Watermark (501 Beale) #12G closed escrow on 10/13/09 with a reported contract price of $750,000 ($727 per square foot), that’s $10,000 less than…
Looking Back And Out Over South Park Via 10 South Park #1 (And #3)
Purchased for $760,100 in November of 2004 but then taken back by the bank in July, the sale of 10 South Park #1 closed escrow on 10/16/09 with a reported…
104 Collins: This Time It’s Personal On The Market
Added to our Curb Appeal archives in 2005, and answering questions about the architect (Brad Polvorosa) and landscape designer (Peter Kline) in 2006, the Laurel Heights home wasn’t on the…
San Francisco’s Pier 70 Financing Bill Gets Our Governor’s Veto
While a legislative bill that would have allowed the Port of San Francisco to raise funds for the cleanup of Pier 70 and its preparation for development passed in both…
Conservation Of Land When Cash Is King
“The of chaparral-covered land 15 miles outside of Marysville had been slated to be bulldozed for homes. But the bottom dropped out of the economy and the plan to build…