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The Mayor’s proposed carrots in the form of deferred impact and reduced affordable housing fees has caught the attention of the developer community as Tishman Speyer estimates the cuts could…
If we’re not mistaken , 124 Lily is a Topetcher Architecture design built on a lot split from 229 Oak behind. Single-family new construction in Hayes Valley with four bedrooms,…
“ now expects losses of 3.8 percent on loans underlying 2005 prime-jumbo bonds, with estimates of 8 percent for 2006 securitizations, 10.9 percent for 2007 debt and 12.3 percent for…
A plugged-in reader reports (and we hadn’t): Just an FYI (and you may have already covered this), the is scheduled to prohibit confidential sale prices in the MLS starting January…
“Wells Fargo has forgiven an average of $46,000 in principal, or 15 percent, for the 43,500 option-ARM loans it has modified this year through September, said Franklin Codel, chief financial…
While nearly unheard of just a few years ago, FHA backed loans in the Bay Area have become more common (along with associated defaults). A couple of condo related FHA…
Assuming a recomendation by San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee this afternoon, tomorrow the Board of Supervisors will vote on Supervisor Avalos’ proposed legislation to extend “just cause”…
San Francisco Magazine digs deep to tell the story of the Lembis. Their business plan was simple: Exploit the difference between artificially low, rent-controlled rents and the sky’s-the-limit, market-rate rents…
“We’re looking now at whether we should provide some further loss sharing for principal write downs,” Bair said. “Now you’re in a situation where even the good mortgages are going…
As its MLS listing was simply withdrawn on 7/10/09 without mention of a sale, we missed it when 3577 Pacific closed escrow on 7/8/09 with a recorded contract price of…