Speculators in San Francisco?
An excerpt from this week’s Surreal Estate: Recently, San Francisco has added protections to make Ellis Acting less desirable. Just this week, the California Court of Appeals upheld a new…
Friday Fun: Name This House
Welcome to the inaugural installment of SocketSite’s Name This House™ (just sounds better than “identify this house”). First up, an ex-bachelor pad with a modern façade that belies quite possibly…
Golden Gate City?
Okay, we’re big fans of apartment therapy. And we’re looking forward to their full-blown San Francisco edition. But somebody really needs to tell them to stop referring to San Francisco…
Reader’s Tip: MLS DOM
A reader “tips” us off to a trick for finding a listing’s DOM on the MLS: “If you want to see the date a home goes on the market. Do…
Mansion Impossible (The Timesuck Game)
Okay, so we really had the best of intentions to wait until Friday to corrupt you with this little timesuck, but what the hell…welcome to “Mansion Impossible” (thanks to grow-a-brain…
Proof Of Listing Dates? Inconceivable!
Folks, if you’re planning on either discrediting or slandering us in the future, do us a favor and at least have the decency to know what the hell you’re talking…
We Agree With David (Sort Of)
For the past eight months we’ve been yammering on about “risky mortgages”. Why? We’ll let David Lereah (chief economist for the National Association of Realtors) explain: “Home price appreciation, after…
Hello, My Name Is Adam
Well, so much for our request to “keep your comments on-topic; resist the temptation to flame, troll, and spam; and avoid personal attacks.” From today’s comments on Checking In On…
Checking In On 300 Sea Cliff Ave
At $23,500,000 (or $2,635/sqft) the home at 300 Sea Cliff Ave remains the most expensive single family residence for sale in San Francisco (and listed on the MLS). And after…
Scary Gary Speaks
We can’t help but take a little journey down South this morning where Realtor Gary Watts (a.k.a. Scary Gary) appears to be the groundhog for the Orange County real estate…