Up, Down, And Back Again In South Beach
Back in January 2008 when covering the bank-owned (REO) auction of 41 Federal #42, we noted what we perceived as a change in the market, a perception not everyone shared:…
Like 8,000 New Tech Jobs Expected This Year In San Francisco
According to a poll by the newly formed San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology & Innovation (sf.citi), their 125 member companies are expecting to hire “like 8,000 new jobs this…
An Apple For The Contractor That Has Everything
As we wrote last month: First listed for sale in 2008 asking $738,000, the list price for 469 Valley was reduced four times over the following two years. The dilapidated…
Ooh And Ahh (And Ouch)
As we first reported with respect to 1422 Douglass this past September: Purchased for $925,000 in 2007, the single-family Noe Valley home at 1422 Douglass returned to the market two…
S&P/Case-Shiller San Francisco: Homes Slip, Condos Dip In December
According to the December 2011 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 0.8% from November ’11 to December ’11, down 5.4% year-over-year, down 41.1%…
Salesforce.com Kills Mission Bay Campus, Open To Offers For Land
Poised to receive Planning’s approval to move forward with the first four buildings at the center of their proposed 14-acre campus in South Mission Bay this week, Salesforce.com has just…
Piers 30-32 Dropped From AC34 Development Plan, Lawsuit Filed
Following weeks of contentious negotiations, the America’s Cup Event Authority is dropping Piers 30-32 from its development plans and giving up its claim on Seawall 330, the undeveloped lot adjacent…
A Quintessential Noe Valley Apple Falls Into Our Cart
As we originally reported, the “quintessential renovated and expanded Noe Valley home” at 4245 23rd Street was purchased for $1,700,000 in September 2004 and returned to the market listed for…
Do You Gotta Have (137) Faith?
Purchased for $650,000 in July of 2005 with a first mortgage for $417,000, a second for $125,000 and $108,000 down, a year ago a notice of default was first filed…
Before And After And Back On The Market At 2828 Jackson
Purchased as a 3,747 square foot “sleek contemporary Pacific Heights home” for $3,325,000 in 2007, the original 1980’s façade and interior of 2828 Jackson are history. Now, an “exquisitely renovated…