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The Claws Are Coming Out, Right Here in River City

March 29, 2024

From the active listing for a condo in the “ost sought after location in all SF,” which is currently listed below its stated assessed value (in 2022), having been “emodeled…

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Refined Pac Heights Home Reduced, Nearly to Its 2017-Era Price

April 11, 2023

Purchased for $9.7 million in July of 2017, the nearly 6,900-square-foot, six-bedroom Pacific Heights at 3149 Washington Street, which had been completely restored and remodeled to yield “unparalleled luxury and…

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Now You See It…

January 13, 2023

When some surreptitiously installed scaffolding and shrink wrap was removed from over the third floor deck which faces the street at 60 Rico Way in the Marina, at least one…

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How That Happened on Ripley Street

March 11, 2022

Access to the garage of the little Bernal Heights home at 237 Ripley Street was blocked when Ripley, which had been a dirt street, was re-graded and paved in the…

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Heads Up

February 25, 2022

Triggered by a complaint of “deadly large rocks” raining down on the little public beach below, an engineer’s report has confirmed an erosion of the cliff behind the infamous seven-bedroom…

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The Penthouse Fun Police Were Called

February 17, 2022

Purchased for $1.9 million in 2008 and listed for $3.25 million last year, but withdrawn from the market without a reported sale, the corner penthouse unit #804 atop 74 New…

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There Are Not 40,000 Vacant Homes in San Francisco

February 11, 2022

While it makes for good headlines and viral sound bites, the notion that there are “more than 40,000 vacant homes in San Francisco” is not only misleading but represents a…

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Outer Sunset Infill on the Boards, Permits Requested

November 3, 2021

Plans for a three-story infill building to rise upon the Outer Sunset parking lot parcel at 2513 Irving Street, between 26th and 27th Avenues, have been drawn. As designed by…

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Amendment for Approved Haight Street Project Suddenly Sought

November 1, 2021

As we outlined in August, the proposed 18-unit building to rise up to 57 feet in height upon the former Lee’s Meat and Popular Market site at 478-482 Haight Street…

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Infamous Mansion Could Sell for Less Than $5 Million, But…

August 20, 2021

As we outlined back in June: While slated to be foreclosed upon, again, in July, the courthouse auction for the infamous seven-bedroom home at 224 Sea Cliff Avenue was canceled…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less
152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market
Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank
Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…
steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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The Claws Are Coming Out, Right Here in River City

Refined Pac Heights Home Reduced, Nearly to Its 2017-Era Price

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The Penthouse Fun Police Were Called

There Are Not 40,000 Vacant Homes in San Francisco

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