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Million Dollar (Plus) Price Cut for a Modern Day Classic Home

Million Dollar (Plus) Price Cut for a Modern Day Classic Home

Designed by Bruce E. Heiser, built in 1970 and since “transformed into a modern day classic,” the 4,057-square-foot West Clay Park home at 164 24th Avenue, which features a mid-century modern vibe and ethos, with some beautiful woodwork, a retractable central skylight and views of the Golden Gate Bridge... Read More »

Bernal Heights Dwelling Appreciated 1.5 Percent per Year

Bernal Heights Dwelling Appreciated 1.5 Percent per Year

As we highlighted last month: Purchased for $1.5 million in November of 2013, the 1,253-square-foot Dwell-ing at 330 Banks Street resold for $1.7 million in February of 2017, representing total appreciation of 13.3 percent over those three and a quarter years on an apples-to-apples basis, despite the “short term... Read More »

Can You Spot the “Buildable” Million Dollar Lot?

Can You Spot the “Buildable” Million Dollar Lot?

Having just hit the market for one million dollars and positioned as a “unique and irregularly shaped interior lot…located in the beautiful Richmond District,” a lot that “IS buildable” and could yield “a very unique residence” (“with some creativity and imagination of a great designer,” all per the lot’s... Read More »

Plans for Pac Heights Mega-Mansion Took a Big Hit

Plans for Pac Heights Mega-Mansion Took a Big Hit

On the market for $29.5 million last year, the Pacific Heights mansion and permits to expand at 2950 Pacific Avenue has just sold for $17 million. Acquired from Mark and Alison Pincus for $16 million in November of 2015, Troon Pacific subsequently engaged Snøhetta (yes, that Snøhetta) to draft... Read More »

Amazing Eureka Valley Home Trades for $325K Less

Amazing Eureka Valley Home Trades for $325K Less

As we outlined last month: Speaking of price reductions in San Francisco and a decline in the price per square foot, the list price for the single-family home at 4540 20th Street, a remodeled home which boasts a “prime Eureka Valley location,” a “chef’s kitchen,” and a private “outdoor... Read More »

Where Does Laidley Lay?

Where Does Laidley Lay?

Hidden behind a relatively modest but sleek façade on “a coveted block of prestigious Laidley Street,” which offers panoramic downtown views, the now four-bedroom home at 131 Laidley was redeveloped in 2014 and then sold for $3.0 million in August of 2017. Measuring a little over 3,000 square feet,... Read More »

Prestigious High-Rise Unit Drops Further Below Its 2016 Price

Prestigious High-Rise Unit Drops Further Below Its 2016 Price

Purchased for $3.25 million in May of 2016, the three-bedroom, three-bath unit #32E in the Lumina tower at 338 Main Street, which “exemplifies the prestige of highrise (sic) living,” resold for $3.5 million in August of 2019, representing total appreciation of 7.7 percent despite the short-term hold and the... Read More »

Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less

Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less

Totaling over 5,300 square feet of space, 93 Cumberland Street is one of the four massive “Light House” condos that were created when the former Second Church of Christ at 651 Dolores Street, which overlooks Mission Dolores Park, was redeveloped in 2016. Featuring a central great room with a... Read More »

If You Think You Know Bernal, Now’s the Time to Tell

If You Think You Know Bernal, Now’s the Time to Tell

Purchased for $1.5 million in November of 2013, the 1,253-square-foot Dwell-ing at 330 Banks Street resold for $1.7 million in February of 2017, representing total appreciation of 13.3 percent over those three and a quarter years on an apples-to-apples basis, despite the “short term hold” and the property being... Read More »

Supersized Tower with a Floating Upper Mass Closer to Reality

Supersized Tower with a Floating Upper Mass Closer to Reality

As we first reported last year, the preliminary plans for a 575-foot-tall, 623-unit apartment tower to rise on the South of Market parcel at 620 Folsom Street hadn’t raised any red flags or Code issues that couldn’t be overcome if the State’s Density Bonus Law was invoked. In fact,... Read More »