Lenders (And The Market) About To Be HAMPstrung?
“The Obama administration may expand efforts to ease the housing crisis by banning all foreclosures on home loans unless they have been screened and rejected by the government’s Home Affordable…
Sound Familiar?
“Government stimulus programs including the homebuyer tax credit and a Federal Reserve program to buy mortgage-backed bonds lifted the real estate market in the closing months of 2009. A sustained…
One (Oakland) Stadium To Rule Them All?
“‘There is only going to be one stadium in the Bay Area, and it’s not going to be in Santa Clara,’ said Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty, a member of…
Make That 441,469 Spaces: Proposed Curbside Cafe Conversions
“Curbside parking spaces in North Beach would be replaced with cafe seating in the latest initiative to rethink how streets are used in San Francisco – making them less focused…
In The Name Of Dr. Raye Richardson For 365 Folsom (AKA Parcel G)
A plugged-in reader reports: “365 Folsom, AKA Parcel G has been named Dr. Raye Richardson Apartments. Dr. Raye is a community leader who chaired the black studies department at San…
Of Course We Might Question That $7.5 Million Valuation As Well…
“Prosecutors say that starting in January 2009, Lum forged the true owner’s signatures on grant deeds for three condominiums at One Rincon Hill, put them in his name and recorded…
More Mortgage “Mumbo” Jumbo: Serious Delinquencies Increase
“U.S. prime jumbo mortgages at least 60 days late backing securities reached 9.6 percent in January from 9.2 percent in December, the 32nd straight increase for “serious delinquencies”… share of…
No Exemption (And Little Love) For Alameda Point Development
“With all precincts reporting, Measure B in Alameda lost, 85 percent to 15 percent. It would have allowed a one-time exemption to Measure A, a 1973 ordinance that bans anything…
New Parking Restrictions For District 3 Circles The Block Board
From the San Francisco Examiner: Board of Supervisors President David Chiu’s legislation that would require a special permit or, under certain circumstances, prohibit the building of a parking garage for…
For Some Reason The Blighters Aren’t Volunteering To Register
“From the eclectic Mission District to tony Pacific Heights to the hardscrabble streets of San Francisco’s Mid-Market, the city’s ambitious program to crack down on blighted properties has netted few…