SF Listed Sales Volume Up 15% In January Driven By Low-Cost Areas
The sales volume of listed single-family homes in San Francisco increased 20% on a year-over-year basis in January, up 24 sales from 121 in 2010 to 145 in 2011. At…
Riders On In The Storm As 55 Buena Vista Sells For $2,100,000
As we recapped last month: Purchased for $2,177,000 in April 2006 but significantly expanded and remodeled by architect Jonathan Feldman and interior designer Joseph Oroza since (including adding a new…
The “Situation” At One Rincon Hill
According to One Rincon Hill developer Mike Kriozere, the “negative economic cycle” has resulted in an unforeseen “misalignment” of the One Rincon Hill Phase II partners’ long-term interests and as…
A Plan To Ease The GSE Burden And Prompt The Public Sector To Act
On Friday the Treasury Department will present Congress with recommendations for reducing the government’s role in making the market for home loans, 95 percent of which are currently guaranteed by…
From Piers To Park And The Brannan Street Wharf By 2012 2013?
As proposed, the “Brannan Street Wharf” project will demolish the existing Pier 36 and marginal wharf at the site, and construct a new 57,000 square foot public open space in…
San Francisco Supervisor Cohen Walks Away From Underwater Condo
Speaking of the myriad of San Francisco buyers who bought with no money down: Supervisor Malia Cohen has joined the ranks of the foreclosed, having lost her $581,178 condo to…
350 Feet At 350 Mission (And San Francisco’s Planning Commission)
Front and center at tomorrow’s Planning Commission meeting, the proposed 350-foot tower at 350 Mission, a 24-story building which would yield 340,000 square feet of office space, 1,000 square feet…
One Rincon Phase II: What’s Behind That Confidentiality Agreement?
Not too surprisingly, the Beverly Hills firm handling what appears to be the distressed sale of the majority of interests in the One Rincon Hill Phase II Limited Partnership is…
Apples To Apples To Apples At 2679 California
As a plugged-in reader notes, the list price for the “Stunning Pacific Heights Victorian home” at 2679 California was reduced $100,000 to $2,695,000 yesterday. As we wrote about the sale…
A Reader’s Six Most Excellent Alternate Head-lines For 890 De Haro
A reader’s six most excellent alternate headlines for our piece on 890 De Haro: This Guy’s Income Was “Doobious” At Best. His Debt To Asset Leverage Was Extraordinarily “High”. Ganja…