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About SocketSite™

Updated Richmond District Pad Fetches Its Pre-Pandemic Price!

Updated Richmond District Pad Fetches Its Pre-Pandemic Price!

Purchased for $2.78 million in May of 2019, the remodeled three-story, roughly 2,800-square-foot home at 591 18th Avenue, an “ideal location near Golden Gate Park, shopping, and freeways for the best of both SF and Marin,” returned to the market priced at $3.1 million two months ago, a sale... Read More »

It’s Us, Not You

We’re in the midst of cleaning up our codebase, streamlining the site and resolving a couple of known glitches (yes, that includes mapping and our contact form). As such, don’t be surprised if we break a few things over the next week or two, especially when it comes to... Read More »

Pending U.S. Home Sales Slip, Year-Over-Year Gains Decline

Having eked out a 0.5 percent gain in July, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index slipped 1.4 percent in August and year-over-year gains are on the decline. The index, for which 100 denotes an average level of activity, now measures 109.4. And while the index remains... Read More »

Designs For Mission District Development At 15th And Shotwell

Designs For Mission District Development At 15th And Shotwell

As we first reported early last year with respect to plans for development at the intersection of 15th Street and Shotwell in the Mission: Permits to demolish the one-story warehouse on the northwest corner of 15th and Shotwell and construct a four story building with ten apartments on the... Read More »

The Framework For Developing San Francisco’s Publicly-Owned Sites

The framework for a new inter-agency strategy to coordinate the potential development of underutilized publicly-owned sites across San Francisco will be presented to the Planning Commission this week. The Commission will be responsible for providing direction on the program and approving any proposed rezoning, development entitlements and public benefits... Read More »

Rolling Out The Rolls To Move A Mansion By The End Of The Year

Rolling Out The Rolls To Move A Mansion By The End Of The Year

Positioned as “a glamorous and fun incentive” for agents to move the Herbst Manor over the next couple of weeks, a plugged-in tipster reports that a restored 1962 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II valued at $50,000 will be included as part of the sale if you’re in contract to... Read More »

Luxury Platinum Living In Noe Valley

Luxury Platinum Living In Noe Valley

Purchased as an 810-square-foot Noe Valley fixer for $850,000 in 2011, an expansion of 4365 26th Street’s main floor by 540 square feet and the addition an all-new 1,300 square foot second floor were approved for the home in 2012, a project which survived a Discretionary Review. Designed to... Read More »

A Sugar Free Holiday Tweet For Staying Plugged-In

If you’re looking for another way to stay plugged-in to a selection of our featured stories, highlights and breaking news, our twitter feed is now up and running @socketsite. Read More »

Plans To Renovate And Restore SF’s Alamo Square Park

Plans To Renovate And Restore SF’s Alamo Square Park

A three-phased plan to renovate and restore San Francisco’s 13-acre Alamo Square Park over the course of six months is undergoing an environmental and architectural review. The proposed Alamo Square Park project includes the renovation of the existing restroom near the center of the park; the construction of a... Read More »

More Affordable Housing On Geary Proposed, But Only A Bit

More Affordable Housing On Geary Proposed, But Only A Bit

The Western Addition block bounded by Divisadero, Geary, Scott and O’Farrell was developed in the 1960s with six low-rise residential buildings around a central courtyard, the Midtown Park Apartment complex provides 140 affordable dwelling units managed by Mercy Housing. In need of a full renovation, the current plan is... Read More »