San Francisco Home Sales See Seasonal Spike, Slip Year-Over-Year
Recorded home sales in San Francisco were down 8.5% on a year-over-year basis last month (497 recorded sales in March 2013 versus 543 sales in March 2012) but rose 39.6%…
The 680 Douglass Stories Continued: A Peek Inside The New Home
As we wrote about 680 Douglass back in October of 2011: Purchased for $729,000 four months ago, the 610 square foot cottage at 680 Douglass over in Noe Valley sold…
The Need And Numbers For San Francisco’s Ferry Terminal Expansion
While enhancing the economic viability and use of San Francisco’s Ferry Terminal and its surroundings is a key objective of the proposed Ferry Terminal Expansion, the driving force behind the…
Fresh & Easy’s Parent Company Is Calling It Quits In The U.S.
As a plugged-in reader first warned six months ago: I LOVE but they just announced last week that they’re stalling almost all of their US store openings due to the…
A Contentious Condo Conversion Lottery Bypass Twist And Turn
The proposed and rather contentious condominium conversion lottery bypass for a fee legislation took an interesting twist and turn on Monday with Supervisors Chiu and Yee amending the legislation with…
The Plans To Expand San Francisco’s Ferry Terminal And Service
Conceptual plans to expand San Francisco’s Ferry Terminal have been drawn, the project’s potential environmental impacts are being reviewed, and Sinbad’s days are numbered. As proposed and rendered below, the…
Single-Family Housing Starts Slip But Multi-Family Starts Surge
The annual pace of housing starts in the U.S. rose 7.0 percent from February to March, up 46.7 percent on a year-over-year basis. While the pace of single-family home starts…
The Trainas Appear to Be Trading Up On Billionaires Row
While the buyers of 2950 Broadway were hidden behind the “Bellihouse, LLC,” as a couple of plugged-in readers quickly surmised, it would appear as though Alexis and Trevor Traina are…
A Record Setting Sale On Billionaires Row
Hidden behind non-disclosure agreements and tax records stamped “DO NOT FILM,” you’re not supposed to know about the sale of 2950 Broadway which was purchased for $29,500,000 in 2011, remodeled…
The Actual Appreciation For This Luxurious View From Telegraph Hill
As we wrote about the Telegraph Hill view home at 1454-1456 Kearny Street last month: On the market for $3,500,000 in 2009, the legal two-unit building at 1454-1456 Kearny Street…