The infamous Arden Van Upp has filed suit to void the $5.5 million Mortgage which led to yesterday’s foreclosure of her Pacific Heights home on Steiner Street. According to the complaint filed in Superior Court yesterday and forwarded by a plugged-in tipster, Ms. Van Upp was the victim of... Read More »
The Pacific Heights home of the infamous Arden Van Upp, who had already been bounced from the dilapidated Bourn Mansion by way of a bankruptcy sale back in 2009, was foreclosed upon this afternoon. As we first reported about the pending sale a couple of months ago, the two-unit... Read More »
Having been bounced from the dilapidated Bourn Mansion, which was slated to be foreclosed upon and subsequently sold in a bankruptcy sale back in 2009, the infamous Arden Van Upp retreated to the two-unit building she owns at 2807-2809 Steiner Street, a building which is now headed for a... Read More »
While Arden Van Upp has moved, perhaps she hasn’t moved on in her ways. A reader’s plea this afternoon: “Last week Arden showed me an apartment I put down $2200 for a security deposit. She cashed it and I haven’t heard back! Have called 3 times…advice?” ∙ Bourn To... Read More »
The listing photos for 2550 Webster do a nice job of highlighting some of its original detail, but a plugged-in tipster provides a more candid peek inside: Now that I’ve returned from seeing this property, I am amazed and aghast at the same time. I’m not in the construction... Read More »
As a plugged-in reader reported a week ago, “ is finally being emptied and mountains of trash removed.” And with bankruptcy heading off its courthouse sale, the landmark 2550 Webster has hit the MLS with an asking price of $2,900,000. The bad news, the past three decades... Read More »
With an unpaid loan balance of $1.23M, the landmark Bourn Mansion at 2550 Webster Street was initially set to hit the courthouse steps on July 13. Pushed back a couple of times so far, August 10 is the latest date. As a plugged-in reader reports: night around 10:00... Read More »
The listing of 2525 Webster sparked a discussion about 2550 Webster (a.k.a. The Bourn Mansion). And while we could have sworn we had previously profiled the San Francisco landmark clinker brick property, alas we had not. Designed by Willis Polk (think the landmark Hallidie Building, 2820 Pacific, and Filoli... Read More »
“It’s all just charts and stats on here. Bring back the “do you think you know” or some name ar...” [more]
“I am not in real estate, but I keep a quarterly report of all my assets, including estimate of my ho...” [more]
“You should take the 49 after the Opera lets out on a weeknight, you might be surprised....” [more]
“UPDATE: As projected, Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Down but Holding at Over 6%...” [more]
“Its a reckoning for the SF market. If under-utilized space is included maybe 35% vacancy?...” [more]
“What are all y'all talking about. They did it in black and white. That's the thing, right? ;)...” [more]
“then i would argue for lessening the degree of increase. would prefer .125% increases as opposed to...” [more]
“Once again, “while the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco (i.e., inventory) is cur...” [more]
“And we're still 4M abobe 1800!! But I'd def like to see more discussuion on this point Which obvio...” [more]
“UPDATE: With the benchmark 30-year mortgage rate still hovering around 6.5 percent, despite last wee...” [more]