Dorothy Lenehan’s “Realm” Is Rising Over At The Soma Grand
“Composed of 390 panels, most about 2-by-7 feet and 1/4-inch thick, the mural titled “Realm” is the biggest piece of glass art in the city. Three stories tall, it cost…
JustQuotes: Pick Your U.S. New Homes Sales Headline And Spin
U.S. New-Home Sales Rose in September After Revisions “Sales of new U.S. homes unexpectedly rose in September after figures for previous months were revised down, maintaining concern the housing slump…
JustQuotes: Will The Effects Ripple, Or Will They Be “Contained?”
“Pointing to a map of ACORN’s research showing the hardest hit areas in San Francisco – Ocean View, Bayview, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior – Quezada said she believed lenders and mortgage…
JustQuotes: The Eminent Goldman Sachs Sees An Imminent Decline
“Californian homes are overvalued by as much as 40 percent and stricter lending standards will probably contribute to “material” price declines, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. Prices in the…
JustQuotes: An East Bay Owner “Trades Up” And Becomes A Renter
“Scorching or icy, booming or busting, there’s nothing like California’s housing market for animated conversations – and, it turned out for us, unconventional decisions.” (Want a life of leisure? Be…
(Not Quite) JustQuotes: Might Mayor Newsom Say Something Similar?
Poaching from a reader’s earlier off topic comment: Mayor Bloomberg provided the answer yesterday to the question that’s on a lot of New Yorkers’ minds: Are housing prices here going…
JustQuotes: But Do They Have To Be Mutually Exclusive?
“The green guys, their moralism and do-gooderness – phew. Horrible. There has to be joy in architecture.” (Sustainability and aesthetics in one building?)
JustQuotes: Horton Hears A Who And A Where (Are The Buyers)
“D.R. Horton Inc., the second-largest U.S. homebuilder, said orders in the fiscal fourth quarter plunged to the lowest in almost six years as customer cancellations soared and banks restricted lending.”…
JustQuotes: A Federal Falling Out For The Mid-Market Movement
“Developer Forest City’s plan to transform the landmark 50 United Nations Plaza from an empty federal office building to a 200-unit apartment complex has hit a wall. After 18 months…
An Ornate 1893 Victorian At 1915 Oak For 1825 Thousand (Dollars)
And as much as we admire modern, we can’t help but appreciate an ornate old Victorian. ∙ Listing: 1915 Oak Street (4/2.5) – $1,825,000