The Rather Short Sale On Sotelo (That Took A Rather Long Time)
As we wrote about 56 Sotelo this past March: It’s been ten months since 56 Sotelo Avenue first hit the market asking $1,995,000 having been purchased for $1,900,000 in 2007…
A Gentle Reminder That New Paint Does Not Equal Remediation
A plugged-in reader reports with respect to a home currently on the market in Noe: One of the neighbors got a sneak peak at the place after the tenants moved…
Conforming Loan Limit Extension Gains Obama’s Support
As plugged-in people are well aware, the super/jumbo conforming loan limits that provide for federally backed mortgages up to $729,750 in high cost areas like San Francisco were first passed…
How To Acquire “Free” Money: Borrow, Then Don’t Pay It Back…
Speaking of “free” foreclosure living in San Francisco, it was a year ago that we first wrote about 1945 Franklin, the six bedroom Pacific Heights home whose previous owners have…
The Sale Price For Smitty Number Three
As we reported in June: Converted in the year 2000 by Bay Area architects Abrams & Milliken, the largest of three units within the former Smitty Knitting Factory building at…
S&P/Case-Shiller San Francisco: SFH’s Tick Up, Condos Down In June
According to the June 2011 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA increased a nominal 0.4% from May ’11 to June ’11 but remain down…
Going On Four Years Of “Free” Foreclosure Living Over In Noe Valley
Speaking of kicking the foreclosure can down the road, as we first wrote in May 2008: Described as a “gut check for SF realtors” when it sold on 6/1/2005 (establishing…
Another Round Of Reductions (And “New” Listings) At 1299 Bush
On the MLS for 171 days at $679,000, last month the listing for 1299 Bush Street #303 was withdrawn. This past Friday, however, the Axis two-bedroom was listed anew at…
Shadow Government Inventory (So To Speak)
“Government-run Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration now own about a third of the country’s nearly 800,000 foreclosed properties. With that inventory predicted to grow, they are…
Apples-To-Apples (And Wood) In The Inner Sunset: 1383 11th Avenue
The new kitchen and half bath at the bottom of the stairs were slotted in to the well kept old Edwardian in the year 2000, shortly after being purchased for…