The San Francisco Foreclosure Rigging Four
Among eight Northern California real estate investors who have pleaded guilty to rigging public foreclosure auctions are Laith Salma, Patrick Campion, Keith Goodman and Craig Lipton, all of San Francisco.…
Going On Four Years Of “Free” Foreclosure Living Over In Noe Valley
Speaking of kicking the foreclosure can down the road, as we first wrote in May 2008: Described as a “gut check for SF realtors” when it sold on 6/1/2005 (establishing…
While A Big One Sells, Another Is Scheduled For The Steps
As we wrote about 818 Steiner this past February: Built for Louis Hartter, his wife Emily Geisel and their five children in 1899, the 5,693 finished square feet of 818…
If You Think You Know Noe Now’s The Time To Tell
As best we can tell, we’ve got a perfect clean Noe Valley apple on the tree at 113 Valley. And even better, a sale pair that should be relatively year-over-year.…
San Francisco Bucks CA Foreclosure Trends, But Not In A Good Way
Perhaps not as dangerous as some bad LSD, but there’s some bad data being passed around San Francisco by a brokerage or two with respect to market distress. Or more…
1945 Franklin On The Verge Of Being Un-Acquired
As a plugged-in reader notes, the six bedroom home at 1945 Franklin is scheduled to hit the courthouse steps on September 16 with $5,684,086 owed as of August 2009. Purchased…
351 California Sells At Auction For $35 Million To Stalking Horse Bid
In 2009 Luke Brugnara’s Brugnara Properties lost 351 California to foreclosure. As plugged-in people know, the building had been encumbered with a first mortgage of roughly $33 million and a…
On The Steps Of The San Francisco Courthouse 399 Leland Sells
While 2550 Webster Street’s date with the courthouse steps was postponed once again (along with two dozen or so other San Francisco properties), and a half-dozen or so properties failed…
The Eccentric Arden Van Upp Might Be Feeling A Bit Antsy These Days
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…
SocketSite’s Straight Scoop On The Collapse Of Cubix (766 Harrison)
As a plugged-in reader noted this morning, the sales office at Cubix (766 Harrison) never managed to re-organize and re-open and a trustee sale of the unsold condos is scheduled…