The Fed’s “Twist” And The Markets Tumble
Citing “significant downside risks to the economic outlook, including strains in global financial markets,” and in a move dubbed “Operation Twist,” the Federal Reserve announced it will sell $400 billion…
Va-Va-Zoom For 171 Valley
Speaking of flying, as we first reported three weeks ago: Purchased for $1,100,000 in late 2008 as a 1,250 square foot 1900’s home, 171 Valley has returned to the market…
San Francisco’s Bird-Safe Building Code Ordinance Flies
Having flown through Committee last week, yesterday San Francisco’s Bird-Safe Building Code ordinance was passed by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. The two biggest bird hazards the ordinance aims to…
Existing U.S. Home Sales Pace Up 18.6% Year-Over-Year In August
The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. rose 7.7 percent from 4.67 million in July to a 5.03 million pace in August, up 18.6 percent from the…
From Saloon To Nonprofit And Single-Family Home On Harrison
A saloon in 1888, vacant since 2008, and having served as a commercial space between, as proposed the single-story building at 2495 Harrison Street would be converted into a nonprofit…
755 Marina Boulevard Sails Back On To The Market
Listed for sale at $5,597,000 in 2007 having been purchased for $1,580,000 in 1999, as plugged-in people know, the single-family home at 755 Marina Boulevard ended up in foreclosure instead…
The New Dome-icile Proposed To Rise At 275 Valencia
As proposed, the surface parking lot at 275 Valencia Street will be replaced with a 50-foot tall Annunciation Cathedral building topped by a dome rising to 68-feet and below which…
49ers “Affiliated Entity” Partnering On Acquisition Of Great America
San Francisco based JMA Ventures is in contract to purchasing California’s Great America amusement park in Santa Clara from Ohio-based Cedar Fair Entertainment Company for $70 million, and they’re not…
Built For A Day Like Today, Yesterday, And Tomorrow
Built upon a double lot atop Merced Heights, the Mid-Century Modern three-bedroom home at 24 Ashton has hit the market listed for $799,000. Think beautiful bones with room to modernize…
A Proxy Vote This Afternoon
Originally scheduled to expire in 2014, a vote to extend the leases for the two Proxy Project parcels between Hayes and Fell on Octavia through September 2015 is on the…