Palm(s) Reading: The Rent Versus Buy Line And Rate Of Return
As we originally reported in April: Purchased for $760,000 in late 2006, the two-bedroom number 606 at 555 4th Street (The Palms) is currently rented for $3,200 a month, a…
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As we originally reported in April: Purchased for $760,000 in late 2006, the two-bedroom number 606 at 555 4th Street (The Palms) is currently rented for $3,200 a month, a…
According to Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates averaged 3.67 percent (with 0.7 points) for the week ending today, another new all-time low, down from…
As we wrote under the headline, “Look Past The Overhyped Facebook Effect” in February: Forget the overhyped Facebook effect (a.k.a. “buy now or be priced out forever 2.0”) and simply…
While conspicuously absent from the Mayor’s Housing Trust Fund proposal, according to a plugged-in reader, condo conversion lottery bypass legislation will be introduced before San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in…
Yesterday, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee presented a proposed “Housing Trust Fund Charter Amendment” to the Board of Supervisors for consideration. If adopted by the Board and voters in November,…
Preliminary April labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties pegs the unemployment rates at 7.4%, 6.4% and 6.8% respectively, down 0.7 points in San Francisco…
As we reported last month: With a 2008 era mortgage for $910,000 long past due, last year Wells Fargo foreclosed upon the Noe Valley home of Kathryn Galves at 1164…
As we first wrote back in 2007: Going green might be trendy (and we’re all for it), but as far as we’re concerned it’s a focus on density (and infill)…
A few days before Salesforce.com was poised to receive the City’s approval, Salesfoce pulled the plug on their plans for a 14-acre campus in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. From Reuters…
According to Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates averaged 3.83 percent (with 0.7 points) for the week ending today, a new all-time low, down from…