Will Pent-Up Demand Outstrip Pent-Up Supply?
From a local agent’s recent email blast: The market has been down for so long that the inventory has dwindled…too many shoppers for too few homes…because prospective sellers have been…
One Of 33 32 Atop 611 Washington (Montgomery Washington Tower)
One San Francisco’s original luxury high-rise buildings, only 33 residential units were built atop 611 Washington (perhaps the pool on the 21st floor now makes more sense). As units 2101…
San Francisco’s Four Seasons No Longer Facing Foreclosure
While Millennium Partners’ strategic default on its $90 million Four Seasons San Francisco mortgage might not have yielded the intended results with respect to getting its debt holders to renegotiate,…
Not Another Cookie Cutter Penthouse (2308 A Divisadero)
While vertically challenged at times, we’re kind of digging the unique and eclectic nature of the space. And those bumps will go away with time (and a cold compress or…
Interview With The Vampire Inspiration Hits The Market
“I see…” said the vampire thoughtfully, and slowly he walked across the room towards the window. For a long time he stood there against the dim light from Divisadero Street…
A Nine Year “Push” To Be For A Two-Bedroom At 246 2nd Street?
Purchased new for $665,000 in the year 2000, 246 2nd Street #806 is back on the market in 2010 asking $658,000. See silly rabbits (or perhaps “bears”), prices really haven’t…
Apples To Apples To Apples In Mission Dolores: 1954 15th Street
In 2005 1954 15th Street sold for $820,000 (which reflected a newly remodeled bathroom and windows), and then again for $860,000 in 2006 (annual appreciation of 5 percent). Listed for…
If Only We Hadn’t Already Used Our “Making Flippy Floppy” Headline
“Taking effect on April 5, the could encourage hundreds of thousands of delinquent borrowers who have not been rescued by the loan modification program to shed their houses through a…
Over Asking (But Below 2005) For 773 Rhode Island
As we wrote this past November: Purchased for $1,212,000 with ten percent down and two variable rate loans in November of 2005, 773 Rhode Island returned to the market in…
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center Facing Foreclosure
“Eight years after opening with great fanfare, San Francisco’s city-subsidized, $12.3 million Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is on the verge of foreclosure – and is asking the…