In an attempt to hide the sale price for a property in San Francisco, sellers or their agents have been able to request that the computed transfer tax to be paid for a property, from which the sale price could be calculated, be recorded separately from the deed and... Read More »

As we wrote this past September: Listed for $2,100,000 in April 2008, the two-bedroom Green Hill Tower (1070 Green) condo #902 sold with a “confidential” sale price reported on the MLS that June. As such, the list price of $2,100,000 would have been used when compiling MLS based median... Read More »

Listed for $2,100,000 in April 2008, the two-bedroom Green Hill Tower (1070 Green) condo #902 sold with a “confidential” sale price reported on the MLS that June. As such, the list price of $2,100,000 would have been used when compiling MLS based median and average sale price reports. Public... Read More »

As a plugged-in reader notes, the sale of 2140 Jefferson closed escrow today. Originally asking $8,180,000 in September but reduced to $7,400,000 in October, the reported contract price was $6,500,000. And it’s a tip of the hat to that new MLS rule. ∙ An End To Confidential MLS Sales*... Read More »

The inside scoop on the sale of 2201 Baker from a plugged-in tipster: “All contingencies have been removed and the funds all went into escrow Monday 9/14. City to record the deed today and the deal’s done. Sale price will indeed be confidential… Purchaser is a single dude, believe... Read More »