Transbay Center Plans: Revised, Refined, And Unveiled Today
The revised and refined plans and designs for San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center will officially be unveiled today. From John King at the Chronicle: It’s a mark of today’s…
A Couple Of New Cuts For The New Condos At 1327 7Th Avenue
The sale of 1327 7th Avenue #11 closed escrow on January 8, 2010 with a reported contract price of $1,150,000 ($904 per square foot and 2% under original asking). Today,…
Another Bank-Owned Watermark Apple Falls Into Our Cart
As we wrote this past November: Of 83 new listings in San Francisco over the past week, 30 (36%) are either bank owned (16) or seeking a short sale (14).…
Actual San Francisco Foreclosures Up 10.9% QOQ (Up 91.1% YOY)
Bay Area Notices of Default (NODs) in the first quarter of 2010 fell 30.5% on a year-over-year basis, down 5.8% in San Francisco proper (from 569 to 536). NOD activity…
Infinity Tower Two Apples-To-Apples (And Comps Above And Below)
Purchased for $522,000 this past September, 338 Spear Street #10C has returned to the market asking $599,000 for the Infinity Tower Two one-bedroom seven months later. In terms of comps…
555 Washington’s EIR Certification Reversed
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has upheld the appeal of the San Francisco Planning Department’s certification of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 555 Washington project voting 10…
A Not So Prosperous At (And Under) Asking Sale For 33 Prosper
As we wrote last month: Purchased in July of 2007 for $920,000, the single-family re-work in progress at 33 Prosper was taken “back by the bank” (or more accurately the…
Curb Appeal Before And After (But Unfortunately Without Budgets)
It’s not San Francisco centric, but there is at least one local example, and we do love before and after picture pairs (hint, hint). Now if only their budgets were…
A Bit Of Listing Transparency In Light Of Its Design: 3537 21st Street
From the architect’s website with respect to their “21 House” (a.k.a. 3537 21st Street): This remodel of a kitchen and bathroom in a San Francisco Victorian explores the effects of…
A Premium Sea Cliff Apple Is Picked (2910 Lake Street)
As we wrote in February, having sold for $4,250,000 in November 2007 (asking $4,595,000 at the time), 2910 Lake Street returned to the market two months ago asking $3,990,000. And…