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Purchased for $1.9 million in 2008 and listed for $3.25 million last year, but withdrawn from the market without a reported sale, the corner penthouse unit #804 atop 74 New…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

Parklife on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
Except that the S&P return during that same period was approximately 88%, without holding costs (albeit assuming this was leveraged,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
If anything good can come from this, hopefully tthose who aren't cheerleading development and have concerns about neighborhood character will…
Jack on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
I guess it’s hard to argue with value engineering low income housing, but what a shame they were not able…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
A joint venture led by three local developers including Bernal Heights Housing Corporation, Tabernacle Community Development Corporation, and Mitchelville Real…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Lurie's key claim — and the big point in his favor relevant for this thread — is that he was…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Your guess is as good as mine. He may be really good for SF, or he may be worthless. I…
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Yes it is, definitely...one of the two.
sf on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Daniel Lurie as mayor... is this a turning point for San Francisco or more of the same?
Brahma (incensed renter) on Another 2 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in San Francisco
That's not surprising and it's probably just an opener. The City Controller’s Office put out a report fairly recently that…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
I feel like this might be a psychological experiment to see when the last of us gives up and goes…

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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

Outer Sunset Infill on the Boards, Permits Requested

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