A Forced San Francisco Sale Circa 1903
During renovations of a pre-quake Victorian last year, a plugged-in tipster discovers a scrap of San Francisco newspaper dated September 18, 1903. The text of the boxed ad (click image…
Unofficial Inventory, But An Official Sale For An Apple On 26th Street
As we wrote a year ago March: 3730 26th Street is a single-family home on the edge of Noe Valley that was last touted as a neighborhood sales comp in…
The Albion Castle’s $10,592 Throne
A few new pictures have been added to the listing for the Albion Castle at 881 Innes Avenue, including the rather literal castle’s throne. The property remains listed for $1,799,000.…
Let There Be Light, A Nice Neighborhood, And A Deck Off The Kitchen
We would have redone the kitchen a little differently, and the wet bath on the second floor isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea, but there’s a lot we…
Foundations Poured (And Spray Cans At Work) At 1399 Clayton
While the heavy equipment have long finished their work, and the foundations for two 4,000 square foot three-story single-family homes have been poured, as a tipster notes, spray cans have…
An Auspicious Contract Price But Inauspicious Outcome On First
Listed for $899,000 in July of 2005, the two-bedroom top floor loft at 346 1st Street #304 closed escrow that October with an auspicious recorded contract price of $888,000. This…
A Jordan Park Apple Returns On Palm (And To Its 2007 List Price)
As we wrote this past June: Listed for $2,995,000 in October 2007, the totally renovated 176 Palm closed escrow in November 2007 with a contract price of $3,100,000. Back in…
Rates Hit 20-Year Low Yet Purchase Activity Is Down 38.8% YOY
Mortgage rates dropped to their lowest levels in at least 20 years last week. And while refinancing activity is up to its highest level in fifteen months, according to the…
Mission Bay South Beach Borders Closing Its Doors October 16
An anchor tenant at the base of The Beacon, the “Mission Bay Borders” at 200 King Street will be closing its doors on October 16. And no, it’s not so…
Who’s Down With OPM In The Marina?
Purchased for $875,000 in June 2004 with a variable rate first for $612,500, a second for $218,750, and all of five (5) percent down, 1471 Francisco was taken back by…