Taking A Pricing Cue From The Industry (But Not An Agent)
Purchased for $900,000 in 2005, the Miraloma Park home at 440 Teresita Boulevard was put on the market in 2009 listed for $1,200,000 but failed to attract a buyer. Taking…
Real Estate Linkbait Listbait™
Purchased for $980,000 or $445 per listed square foot in 2006 as a four-bedroom single-family home in need of work, 2207 17th Avenue has since been remodeled, expanded, and re-listed…
Betting Against Housing Yields A 56,000 Square Foot House
Hedge fund manager John Paulson has purchased the 90-acre Hala Ranch in Aspen, Colorado along with a separate 38-acre parcel in a deal valued at $49 million. Built by Saudi…
Hidden From The Street And Public Records
With a façade and size that’s mostly hidden from the street, the very quiet sale of 2845 Fillmore closed escrow last month with a recorded contract price of $11,000,000, generating…
Facebook On The Home Front
Priced at $38 per share, Facebook (FB) should begin trading soon. We’ll run a piece after the market closes, but if you just can’t wait that long, here’s the place…
Lincecum’s Old Party Pad Gets Traded
As we reported a few months ago: As a plugged-in reader notes, the condo Tim Lincecum rented in 2010, and from which he was accused of stealing and destroying $200,000…
Billboards In San Francisco: 733 Down, 109 (969?) Left To Go
A total of 733 illegal billboards have been removed from buildings in San Francisco since 2007. Of the 969 billboards that remain, 860 are legal with 109 left to be…
And Then There Were Only Four For The 34th America’s Cup In SF
With the French team Aleph pulling out, and just two months left to register, it’s down to four teams who are now expected to participate in the America’s Cup in…
Resolving To Suspend Foreclosure Activities In San Francisco
On the agenda for San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee next week, a resolution “urging City and County officials and departments to protect homeowners from unlawful foreclosures; and…
Is It The End Of A San Francisco Listing’s Era And Poem?
It would appear as though 830 El Camino Del Mar quietly sold for $9,990,000 last month with a listing that was “withdrawn” a week its before closing and unreported on…