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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But… Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale
Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South)

2010 Index of Silicon Valley: Economy Stalled And At Risk

February 11, 2010

From Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network with respect to the 2010 Index of Silicon Valley: The economic recession has stalled Silicon Valley’s vibrant innovation economy and left its global competitive…

Commercial Trends

A Declining Decade For San Francisco Office Occupancy Rates

February 11, 2010

According to The Corporate Real Estate Letter, San Francisco ended 2009 with 70,931,839 square feet of occupied office space for a vacancy rate of 15.6% versus 80,252,228 occupied square feet…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Transbay Block 11A (Folsom @ Essex) Plans And Proposed Design

February 10, 2010

Jamie Whitaker scores the link to the design narrative and proposed schematics for Transbay Block 11A at the corner of Folsom and Essex in Rincon Hill. As proposed, the building…

New Developments

Arterra (300 Berry) Update: And Then There Were Six To Sell

February 10, 2010

From 35 to sell in early December to only 6 today according to the sales office at Arterra (300 Berry). That’s 263 condos either closed or in contract we’ll assume.…

As Proposed Commercial Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Neighborhoods

Make That 441,469 Spaces: Proposed Curbside Cafe Conversions

February 10, 2010

“Curbside parking spaces in North Beach would be replaced with cafe seating in the latest initiative to rethink how streets are used in San Francisco – making them less focused…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale)

Who’s Afraid Of 39 Virginia Avenue? (Or This Bernal Apple To Be)

February 10, 2010

Purchased for $725,000 in May 2004 and then flipped five months later for $834,000, the single-family western Bernal Heights home at 39 Virginia Avenue is back on the market and…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) SocketSite Readers Report

In The Name Of Dr. Raye Richardson For 365 Folsom (AKA Parcel G)

February 10, 2010

A plugged-in reader reports: “365 Folsom, AKA Parcel G has been named Dr. Raye Richardson Apartments. Dr. Raye is a community leader who chaired the black studies department at San…

Industry Stuff Rentals

Just Cause Eviction Rights Extension II: Now Just For Foreclosures

February 10, 2010

The Board of Supervisors postponed a vote on Supervisor Avalos’ amended “just cause” eviction protection legislation yesterday as the Mayoral veto of the original supervisor approved legislation survived. The amended…

Design & Architecture New Developments

Snap! 555 Bartlett In Living Color

February 9, 2010

From your first peek two months ago to fully (for the most part and excluding the mural) painted today for 555 Bartlett. No word on why some people seemed to…

Bay Buildings Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

Still Sliding Down The Slope From The Eichler Summit (999 Green)

February 9, 2010

As we wrote last month with respect to #2802 at the Eichler Summit: After three months on the market the MLS listing for 999 Green #2802 was withdrawn from the…

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