UCSF’s Mission Bay Hospital Needs $250M By November, Or Else…
Apparently UCSF faces a mid-November deadline to raise almost $250 million more for its planned Mission Bay Medical Center. But no report of what doesn’t happen if they don’t. ∙…
San Francisco Recorded Sales Activity In December: Up 36.3% YOY
According to DataQuick, recorded home sales volume in San Francisco was up 36.3% on a year-over-year basis last month (499 recorded sales in December ’09 versus 366 sales in December…
Another Berry Street Two Closes Around Six
Referenced by a reader on our post about a $594 per square foot short sale comp at 235 Berry, the sale of 255 Berry Street #506 closed escrow six weeks…
Everybody Loves A (Real) Auction!
Two units which appear to be tenant occupied plus an unwarranted empty in-law, five car parking, and some rather nice views atop Ashbury Heights for only $595,000? Okay, so it’s…
A Sensational Modernistic Neo-Classical Six Days On The Market
Listed for $9,250,000 in June 2007 but then withdrawn that November. Listed In May 2008 but then withdrawn that November. Listed for $7,980,000 in February 2009 but then withdrawn three…
Trinity Place Opens Up Under Cloudy Skies But Sunny Dispositions
Under cloudy skies, but with sunny dispositions, current residents of Trinity Plaza have started to make their move across the way to Trinity Place (1188 Mission). As we wrote eight…
A Handful At The Heights (1940 Broadway)
Having been purchased for a reported $4,911,000 in March 2008, as best we can tell the quick re-sale of 1940 Broadway #6 never closed when asking $5,191,000 later that year.…
Take Two (Weeks) And Call Me In The New Year
Listed for $2,195,000 last June, reduced to $1,975,000 last July, and then reduced to $1,850,000 last October, 275 14th Avenue was withdrawn from the MLS two weeks ago. The six-bedroom…
FHA To Tighten Its Belt, But With Its Fly Wide Open?
As a plugged-in reader notes, the Federal Housing Administration is expected to announce a few changes with respect to standards, fees and rules for FHA-insured loans today. Expected changes: 1.…
Making Lemonade (And History) With A Lemon of An Addition?
We’ll have to call it hearsay, and we can’t confirm, but a plugged-in reader offers one explanation for the seemingly semi-restored façade of 50 Carmelita: Supposedly the plan was to…