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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
Commercial Neighborhoods

Trader Joe’s Finalizes Lease For Castro Location (ETA: A Year)

January 11, 2010

According to the San Francisco Business Times, Trader Joe’s has finalized a lease to open a 13,000 square foot store in the Castro, filling an empty storefront in the Market…

Seemingly Random

A Successful Foreclosure Flip For Fifteen Twenty-Two (1522) Lake

January 11, 2010

It’s a successful foreclosure flip for fifteeen twenty-two (1522) Lake. Think financing. Purchased on the courthouse steps a month ago for $1,305,500, the quick re-sale of the “unfinished” (i.e., stripped)…

Commercial Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

49 Stevenson Sells For $24,200,000

January 11, 2010

“Taiwanese real estate investor Steven Pan has finalized the purchase of 49 Stevenson St. for $24.2 million, the latest sign that San Francisco’s long-dormant investment market is starting to come…

Listings (for sale)

Buy It Now For $899,000 (Or Tomorrow On The Courthouse Steps?)

January 11, 2010

Purchased for $905,000 in July 2005 (once again, with 10 percent down), it’s a plugged-in tipster that notes the soon to be Noe sale of 55 Clipper won’t be apples…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

Another Vintage (2005) Apple Is Ready To Be Picked In Bernal

January 11, 2010

It’s a single-family Bernal “2/1” (with unofficial 1/1 below) that’s been held for just shy of five years. Purchased in April 2005 for $855,000 with $85,500 down (10%), 724 Moultrie…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Breaking News Commercial Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Scoop: Transbay Interactive Map (And New Transit Center Website)

January 11, 2010

While it hasn’t yet been officially announced, plugged-in people know a new Transbay Transit Center website is now online. And while the intro animation should look (and sound) familiar, a…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Have You Seen These Massings For 1127 Market?

January 8, 2010

A plugged-in tipster delivers a few detailed massing models for the development of 1127 Market Street (a.k.a. the Strand Theater which has been shuttered for seven years). Unfortunately we don’t…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

A New Lily Pad On A Hayes Valley Lot

January 8, 2010

If we’re not mistaken , 124 Lily is a Topetcher Architecture design built on a lot split from 229 Oak behind. Single-family new construction in Hayes Valley with four bedrooms,…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

Atop 164 Townsend And From Two To One In 2005

January 8, 2010

From two to one in 2005, it was a down to the concrete renovation and combination of 164 Townsend #7 and #8 that yielded the roughly 4,000 square foot South…

As Proposed Neighborhoods

It’s All About The Benjamins: Transbay And Central Subway News

January 8, 2010

Deputy Attorney General Christine Sproul recently sent a letter to the California High-Speed Rail Authority noting “the Transbay Terminal must be part of the high speed rail system.” And Federal…

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