Suge Versus Puffy?
We’re hoping to avoid all the public insults, nightclub brawls, and gunfire that erupted between the West’s Suge Knight and the East’s Puffy Combs. Instead, we welcome SFCurbed with open…
It’s Called Perspective
Today we offer some perspective in the form of three excerpts from a recent Bankrate.com article. First up, managing expectations: “Last year, home values appreciated about 12 percent overall nationwide,…
The $65,000,000 House
Well, 2845 Broadway has quietly replaced 300 Sea Cliff Ave as the most expensive house for sale in San Francisco (and it’s not because 300 Sea Cliff has sold). Boasting…
The San Francisco Stare-Down
So is it a simple war of the wills, or a real war of the wallets? From the New York Times: Along much of the East and West Coasts, home…
QuickLinks: Real Estate Acronyms (and Euphemisms)
Remember ‘Adorable’ Really Says It All? Well, the Matrix kicks off the weekend with a plethora of resources to help one understand all the real estate lingo, acronyms, abbreviations, and…
Don’t Fear The Bubble
As one of the New York Times “Most E-Mailed Articles”, chances are you’ve already read David Leonhardt’s Don’t Fear the Bubble That Bursts. But if not… …instead of panicking, most…
REALTOR© Hoisted Upon His Own Petard
Yesterday SocketSite caught a local Realtor, and popular blogger, using statistics from the MLS to prove that demand is outstripping supply in the San Francisco housing market (and to “back…
Evidence Of Another Marketing Problem
An article in Friday’s San Francisco Business Times focuses on how lenders are “falling all over themselves to throw money at ”, and characterizes Bay Area condo construction as the…
San Francisco Population 400,000?
Results of the Bay Area Council’s annual poll have been released. Although 35 percent of respondents ranked transportation as their highest concern, 19 percent said housing was the biggest problem.…
Permaconstruction At Post And Masonic Presidio
A year ago construction began on a multi-unit building at the corner of Post and Masonic Presidio. After nine months workers stopped showing up. And today, the building sits unfinished…