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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
Industry Stuff

Just Cause Or Rather Not: Mayor Newsom Vetoes Legislation

January 25, 2010

As expected, Mayor Newsom has vetoed Supervisor Avalos’ legislation extending “just cause” eviction rights to non-rent controlled units which was approved by the Board of Supervisors by a 7-4 vote…

Being Green Coming Soon Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Cesar Chavez Reconfiguration Update (And Some Objections)

January 25, 2010

An update on the redesign of Cesar Chavez Street via Mission Loc@l: The first phase, which is likely to start this summer, involves redoing the sewage system to reduce flooding.…

Listings (for sale) Seemingly Random

A Glen Park Short Sale Not Exactly Hidden In Plain Sight

January 25, 2010

Our first thought (and as supported by the slew of complaints filed since 2005): feuding neighbors. Our second: perhaps the same as yours. And as 536 Laidley looked in 2003…

Breaking News Bubble (Or Not)

Tishman Speyer’s Stuyvesant Town Going Back To The “Banks”

January 25, 2010

As we wrote in October: As a plugged-in reader notes, Tishman Speyer’s led 2006 investment of $5.4 billion in Manhattan’s Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village continues to head south…

Coming Soon Commercial Neighborhoods

The Future Fourth Street And Envisoned Hub Of Mission Bay

January 22, 2010

While the opening of Mission Bay’s Fourth Street extension still doesn’t have a hard date, fingers are crossed that it should be open by spring (albeit not built out). Envisioned…

Listings (for sale)

Pretty Behind The Pink (And Green)

January 22, 2010

While perhaps not our first choice, or perhaps combination, of colors on the outside, there’s a lot to like inside 2215 Lake (including a nice little sunroom and deck above).…

Trends

San Francisco County Unemployment At 9.4 Percent In December

January 22, 2010

Preliminary December labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties puts the unemployment rate at 9.4%, 7.8% and 8.6% respectively, down 0.3 percentage points in San…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

A Remodeled (But Not Totally Rethought) 1467 Dolores Returns

January 22, 2010

We like the feeling of the front rooms and the original cabinets. We’re still trying to figure out the thoughts behind the rest of the remodeled kitchen and that box…

Bay Buildings Listings (for sale)

A One At Six Thirty One O’Farrell Listed For (Just) Under Three

January 22, 2010

One-bedrooms are a relatively scarce commodity in The Hamilton, a building that’s known for its studios (in a good way). And while said studios recently started trading at under $300,000…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

Turning?

January 22, 2010

“They are turning this from a legitimate program to try to save people who have the ability to hang on their homes into one that says, forget the willingness and…

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  1. Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less

    I completely agree, and if you're looking for a natural test of whether or not the extremely heated market dynamics…

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on 141 Below Market Rate Modular Studios Even Closer to Reality

    We now have two more recent data points. Tahanan Supportive Housing (at 833 Bryant St.) completed in winter 2021, was…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Beaux Arts Beauty Suddenly Back on the Market

    Maybe the seller knew what they had, didn't want to take a more than $1 million haircut and was willing…

  4. Brahma (incensed renter) on Contemporary Little Saigon Condo Listed for Nearly 30 Percent Less

    The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin #705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…

  5. Aaron Goodman on Parkmerced: From The Plans To Develop, To The Plans To Preserve

    Gabriel Metcalf should apologize, 6 national organizations signed a memo against the destruction of Parkmerced, and to date they have…

  6. Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…

  7. The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…

  8. Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…

  9. Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

    Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…

  10. Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price

    Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

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