Unpermitted Work? Pshaw! What’s The Worst That Could Happen?
In 2003, the “rustic Potrero Hill cottage” at 2207 25th Street was purchased for $400,000. Six years later, an anonymous complaint noted new rooms were being added to the cottage…
Three Thousand Square Feet Of Potential Fixer Fun On Fulton
Purchased as a 3,245 square foot fixer for $1,199,000 in 2006, the “Grand Victorian Estate” at 1640 Fulton is back on the market for $1,400,000 having yet to be fixed…
San Francisco Employment And Unemployment Both Tick Up In June
Preliminary June labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties pegs the unemployment rates at 7.8%, 6.6% and 7.1% respectively, up 0.4 points in San Francisco,…
Affordable Housing Headwinds And TNDC’s New Tack In San Francisco
From Don Falk, Executive Director at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC), with respect to the challenges of financing affordable housing development in San Francisco and the development of 168-186 Eddy…
It’s All About (A Lack Of) Density
As we wrote in 2007 under the headline, It’s All About Density: “Going green might be trendy (and we’re all for it), but as far as we’re concerned it’s a…
A Restaurateur’s Lair (And Stinking Nice Stove) Returns
As a plugged-in tipster and we first reported two years ago: After being owned by an artist, with sculptures adorning its decks, was bought in 2005 for $2.225M by an…
Existing U.S. Sales Pace And Supply Slip In June As Median Mixes Up
The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. declined 5.4 percent from an upwardly revised 4.62 million in May to a 4.37 million pace in June, up 4.5…
Recorded San Francisco Sales Up 9.9% In June (Year-Over-Year)
Recorded home sales volume in San Francisco rose 9.9% on a year-over-year basis last month (586 recorded sales in June 2012 versus 533 sales in June 2011), up 1.9% as…
Armistead Maupin’s Storied San Francisco Home Hitting The Market
From Armistead Maupin‘s novel “The Night Listener”: Out of habit, I approached the house from the sidewalk across the street, where I could see it in context: three narrow stories…
Seeking Twenty-Five Million, 2808 Broadway Sells for Seventeen
As we first reported last year: As plugged-in people know, the Willis Polk designed home at 2808 Broadway has quietly been on the market with a $25,000,000 price tag. Last…