It’s The Principal Of The Underwater Mortgage Matter
“We’re looking now at whether we should provide some further loss sharing for principal write downs,” Bair said. “Now you’re in a situation where even the good mortgages are going…
Four Sevens (And One Resale) At Soma Grand (1160 Mission)
While Soma Grand’s sales office appears to have sold the 1,031 square foot two-bedroom #1207 for $810,000 in August ’08, they moved the 1,043 square foot #1507 for $645,000 in…
736 Valencia Exposed (700 Valencia Still Under Wraps)
A plugged-in tipster photographs and reports: “726 736 Valencia is nearly done. Supposedly housing for next door auto repair shop’s employees. Nice brown wood. 700 Valencia (at 18th) is still…
Bay Area Business Confidence Up (Along With Pink Slips)
“A quarterly index of Bay Area business confidence has registered its first positive reading in two years. But the brighter outlook captured in a survey being released today by the…
The “Assistance” Of Which A Tipster Spoke Last Month?
Perhaps it’s the relocation “assistance” our plugged-in tipster noted last month (and for which we took a bit of heat for publishing). Or perhaps it’s not. Regardless, as another plugged-in…
The Second Time’s a Charm for 870 Kansas
As we wrote in October: The sale of 870 Kansas has fallen out of escrow and its list price reduced another $77,000 (which might hint at the failed contract price).…
Arterra (300 Berry) Update: Roughly 85 Percent Closed Or In Contract
We’re calling it roughly 85 percent closed or in contract for the 269 condos of Arterra (300 Berry). Up from 75 percent in July, or roughly 25 net new contracts…
3577 Pacific Recap: Withdrawn From MLS (But Sold Two Days Prior)
As its MLS listing was simply withdrawn on 7/10/09 without mention of a sale, we missed it when 3577 Pacific closed escrow on 7/8/09 with a recorded contract price of…
1029 Natoma: The Plans To Complement A Neighbor(hood)
It’s a proposed Stanley Saitowitz design for 1029 Natoma that riffs off the award winning Saitowitz project across the street of which we’re rather fond (1028 Natoma). The plans for…
Hallidie Plaza Plan: A Cistern (And Deck) For San Francisco To Be?
“…city officials are pursuing a major makeover that calls for turning a portion of the sunken plaza into a small reservoir and topping it with a street-level deck.” ∙ Ideas…