Actual San Francisco Foreclosures Down 2.8% QOQ (Up 55.4% YOY)
Bay Area Notices of Default (NODs) in the fourth quarter of 2009 rose 21.8% on a year-over-year basis, up 54% in San Francisco proper (from 302 to 465). NOD activity…
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A plugged-in tipster reports with respect to 2458-2460 Great Highway: Sold in December 2007 for $1.160m as a pocket listing. Did work to kitchen and backyard . Now on the…
Apples To Apples (And Agent To Bank-Owned) For 200 Brannan #504
Purchased for $925,000 with 10 percent down in April 2005, the agent-owned 200 Brannan #504 returned to the market asking $1,150,000 in July 2006. The top floor 200 Brannan one-bedroom…
Will Our Sprinter Get A Second Wind?
Our headline for November’s existing U.S. home sales gain of 7.4 percent: A Sprinter’s Or Marathoner’s Pace? In December the pace of U.S. existing home sales fell 17 percent. According…
First Peek Inside The Remodeled (And Newly Garaged) 3024 Pierce
From the listing for 3024 Pierce Street in December 2007 (and as it looked above): Prime Cow Hollowv location, Estate sale, 3br, 1ba, 2 story Edwardian home with nice yard,…
A $171 Million Federal Boost For San Francisco’s New Transbay Center
“Federal authorities approved a $171 million loan for a new transit center in San Francisco….The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday its loan for construction of the Transbay Transit Center…
The View From 2288 Broadway #5 (Albeit Not Today)
We can’t argue with the view from 2288 Broadway #5 nor the windows from which to view it. Last reportedly sold for $2,500,000 in 1997 (after which it was completely…
One Room, Two Perspectives (And An Alvarado TIC Apple To Be?)
It’s two different perspectives on the “open concept living/dining area” within 90 Alvarado (and with no real argument from us as both shots are included and titled in the listing).…
November Case-Shiller Index: Up For Bottom Tiers But Flat At The Top
According to the November 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA gained 0.6% from October ’09 to November ’09, up 1.0% year-over-year and the…
A Great Green Idea If We Do (And Did) Say So Ourselves
As we wrote a year ago with regard to numerous recently cleared but undeveloped lots now dotting the landscape in San Francisco facing the loss of their city entitlements: Our…