Sound Familiar?
“Government stimulus programs including the homebuyer tax credit and a Federal Reserve program to buy mortgage-backed bonds lifted the real estate market in the closing months of 2009. A sustained…
Soon To Be Sitting Pretty In A Series Of New Plazas And Parklets
The Chronicle reports: The first pedestrian plaza opened in May at 17th and Market streets in the Castro and has become so popular that four more plazas as well as…
Will Multiple Offers Magically Materialize On (42) Mars Once Again?
Listed for $1,199,000 last July, 42 Mars closed escrow for $1,240,000 six weeks later. It’s back on the market seven months later and asking $1,239,000. Will multiple offers magically materialize…
Surprise, Surprise Or Not So Much So?
“Sales of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in January to the lowest level on record, a sign that an extension of a government tax credit may not be…
San Francisco’s Q4 2009 Housing Pipeline Report
According to the San Francisco Planning Department’s Q4 2009 Pipeline Report, San Francisco’s current big picture (click to enlarge) housing pipeline is as so: ∙ 128 projects with 1,320 housing…
One (Oakland) Stadium To Rule Them All?
“‘There is only going to be one stadium in the Bay Area, and it’s not going to be in Santa Clara,’ said Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty, a member of…
People Over Parking As 1415 Mission Gets A Land Use Thumbs Up
San Francisco’s full Board of Supervisors will now need to vote, but the board’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee has given the thumbs up to zoning changes that would…
Just Cause And Parking Legislation Postponed, And Not Just Because
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors postponed a first vote on Supervisor Avalos’ amended legislation which would extend “just cause” eviction protections to those in buildings which have been foreclosed upon.…
December Case-Shiller Index: Bottom Tier Up, Nominal Slips At Top
According to the December 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 0.2% from November ’09 to December ’09, up 4.8% year-over-year for the…
Parnassus Heights Apples To Apples (And Neighborhood Economics)
We missed the listing for 79 Woodland prior to its heading into contract, but seeing as how its sale still hasn’t closed we’ll feature this apple to be anyway. Purchased…