Listed San Francisco Single-Family Home Sales In July: Up 2% YOY
Sales volume for listed single-family homes in San Francisco gained a nominal 2% on a year-over-year basis in July (218 transactions in 2008 versus 223 in 2009), up 9% versus…
Add A Garage Condo Apartment (Or Two): 1810-1812 Pacific Avenue
Yesterday we saw the “rent to own” posts coming when the listings for 1810 and 1812 Pacific were withdrawn from the MLS. Little did we know they were actually already…
U.S. Pending Home Resales Up, U.S. Personal Incomes Down
Pending sales of existing U.S. homes are up while personal incomes are down. As previously outlined, locally a lot will likely come down to (un)employment. ∙ Pending Sales of Existing…
Single Family “Fixer” Asking Three Fives In The Mission (981 Shotwell)
Purchased in the Inner Mission for $541,000 in April of 2003, a bank owned and previous owner’s work in progress 981 Shotwell is back on the market and asking $555,000.…
Avram Goldman Speaks Then (2006) And Now (2009)
In the words of then Coldwell Banker President and COO Avram Goldman in mid-2006: The media still continues to hammer the housing market—trying to look for every negative shred of…
Ritz-Carlton Sales Office Pulls An Infinity In An Attempt To Sell Out
Asking $2,090,000 for the 1,545 square foot two-bedroom in January of 2008 ($1,352 per square foot), the Ritz-Carlton Residences sales office is now offering 690 Market #1701 for $1,399,000, that’s…
9% Of HAMP Eligible Delinquent Loans Modified, 91% To Go
Out of an estimated 2,705,302 sixty plus day delinquent loans currently eligible for modification under the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), offers for 406,542 trial modifications have been extended…
Additional Green Reserves To Satisfy Lenders For SFPUC’s Green HQ
“A committee hearing into the planned construction of a $190 million super-green San Francisco Public Utilities Commission headquarters will be postponed, after officials decided to add $47.4 million in additional…
Back And Not In The Black For 3271 Baker Street
While 3271 Baker Street is now advertising “rent to own,” according to a plugged-in reader the current owners are in default on the property which might be something to consider…
Unlucky Lucky Number Thirteen For 830 El Camino Del Mar?
Once again, as a plugged-in reader wrote a little over a year ago: I know this house and spoken with this owner decades ago. Since 1998 he has put it…