Bay Area (Small) Business Confidence Ticks Up
From the Chronicle: The numbers aren’t huge, according to the Bay Area Council’s quarterly Business Confidence Survey – just 20 percent of the 498 senior executives responding said they plan…
Moving On Up Down For A Bank Owned Penthouse In The Sky
On the heels of the Watermark Penthouse #1B’s apples to apples 31 percent decline in value (below its 2006 sale), Watermark Penthouse #1E has returned to the market. As we…
Looking Down On San Francisco From A (20) Palo Alto Perch
Like there’s any way we could resist that deck shot on a day like today (this too shall pass). Asking $2,850,000 for the five bedrooms, five and one-half baths, three…
The Latest (By Two Weeks) One Rincon Hill “06” Comp
Listed by the sales office for $1,295,000 this past December, the sale of 425 1st Street #3906 closed escrow last month with a (just now) reported contract price of $960,000…
Spoiler Alert: The 2010 “San Francisco Dream House” Is…
While the official unveiling isn’t until noon, and we were doing our best to wait, banner ads for the 2010 San Francisco Dream House Raffle have started running with pictures…
555 Fulton: Full Details And A “Refined” Facade
The Stanley Saitowitz design for 555 Fulton (click image to enlarge) has been “refined” a bit since a plugged-in tipster first forwarded the renderings three years ago. New details for…
Still Not Cheap, But 31 Percent Cheaper: Watermark Penthouse #1B
Its sale for $1,300,000 ($1,275 per square foot) in October 2006 was likely a supporting comp for other Watermark (501 Beale) penthouse units, neighboring buildings, and so on and so…
Noe Valley Dreaming (And Raffle House Unveiled Tomorrow)
Last year the San Francisco Dream House Raffle to benefit Yerba Buena Center for the Arts offered a grand prize of a “$2.4 million San Francisco dream home or $1.8…
415 For 417 At 300 Berry (Arterra)
Listed for $539,000 in late 2008, the list price for Arterra (300 Berry) #417 was increased to $579,000 last August. Reduced and last asking $459,000, the sale of the 660…
3271 Baker Street: It’s Complicated (And Back On Craigslist)
As we wrote last August: Listed for $3,395,000 a year ago but last asking $2,125,000, it’s a plugged-in tipster that notices 3271 Baker Street is now advertising “rent to own”…