SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory: 4/26/10
Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco rose 3.8% over the past two weeks versus an average of 5.8% for the same two weeks over…
A Princely “Rebirth” (And New Old Façade) For 2432 Pine
Remodeled, refaced, and “reborn” since its purchase for $1,300,000 in August 2007, 2432 Pine was a three bedroom and one and one-half bath home without parking at the time. Now…
Calling All Kings…Albion Castle Cuts Another $500,000 (21 percent)
The asking price for Albion Castle has just been reduced another half-million dollars (now $1,050,000 and 36% under original asking). As we wrote last September: A few months after Laughing…
Long Live The Queen (And Perhaps A Navi Or Two) At 1617 Lyon
An 1891 Queen Anne Victorian that’s been remodeled but at least maintains a bit of its original flair on the main floor, the legal square feet at 1617 Lyon has…
U.S. New Home Sales Up 13% YOY As Credits Set To Expire
Purchases of new homes in the U.S. increased 27 percent from February to March to an annual pace of 411,000. That’s up 13 percent on a year-over-year basis (365,000 in…
The Toy Factory Produces An Apple (1 Rausch #H)
The sale of 1 Rausch #H closed escrow on Tuesday with a reported contract price of $1,400,000 ($576 per square). Purchased for $1,380,000 in August 2005, we featured it last…
As The Sun Sets Over San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal…
As the sun figureatively sets over San Francisco’s old Transbay Terminal, and we look to the future, steelblue treats the plugged-in to a literal sun set over the terminal of…
Bank-Owned Competition In Action At The Beacon (250 King)
On the market for 152 days and now vacant, the list price for the bank-owned 250 King Street #636 has just been reduced to $319,770 ($447 per square foot). The…
Warfield Theater Building (988 Market): Condos With A Twist
Don’t panic, The Warfield itself isn’t going condo (or away). But seven of the eight adjacent floors of the Gustav Albert Lansburgh designed Warfield Theater Building (988 Market) are about…
Existing U.S. Home Sales Pace Up 6.8 Percent In March
The pace of existing U.S. home sales “climbed 6.8 percent to a 5.35 million annual rate” in March, the first increase in four months (think and thank both seasonality and…