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“Notices of defaults (the first step in the foreclosure process) and notices of trustee sales (which often but don’t always lead to actual foreclosures) reached 525,356 in 15 California counties…
“For all of 2008, just six venture-backed companies made their public debut, the worst showing since 1977 when there were also just six VC-backed companies that went public. Preliminary figures…
Sporting a bit of a sweet deco vibe in the living room, 444 Douglas is back on the market and asking $1,295,000. Purchased for $1,100,000 in August of 2002, a…
“Federal Reserve officials are focused on driving down the spreads between U.S. Treasury yields and consumer and corporate loans, after cutting the main interest rate to almost zero failed to…
A quick mortgage rate update from Julian Hebron at RPM mortgage: Rates open the first full week of the year about the same as they were leading into the holidays.…
Purchased for $550,000 in June of 2004, this Outer Sunset single-family home was flipped eight and one-half months later for $680,000 (an increase of $130,000/23.6%) and established a new neighborhood…
According to the October 2008 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 4.2% from September ’08 to October ’08 and are down 31.0%…
Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco fell 20.2% over the past two weeks (about average for the end of the year) and is closing…
A plugged-in (and observant) reader reports: There has been a sign at Rincon Center for the past 4-6 months saying that a Martini Park bar will be opening in late…
A tax assed value of just over $750,000; a recorded sale back to the bank three weeks ago for $629,142; and a two-bedroom/bath condo at the beacon that’s now asking…