Hugo Hotel’s Flying Furniture Update, No Word On The Graffiti
“As a courtesy to the Artist… Agency staff is recommending entering into a Permit to Enter with the Artist to keep Defenestration in place until the Agency is ready to…
Warm Thoughts Of A Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner (2009 Edition)
Our Thanksgiving time tradition has been thwarted in 2009 by a lack of gorgeous old stoves. So this year it’s the (semi) recent reduction (listed for $2,565,000 on 9/17, reduced…
San Francisco MSA Prestige Home Index Down 15.7% Year Over Year
While September’s S&P/Case-Shiller index for San Francisco showed a nominal decline for the top third of MSA properties (cost basis over $577,214) from August to September, the latest First Republic…
A Bit Of “02” Irony (And 80 Percent Sold) At One Rincon Hill
On the heels of yesterday’s height of the fire sale flames post with respect to The Infinity, we turn our attention to One Rincon Hill. So far the lowest priced…
U.S. New Home Purchases Up, Median Price Falls
“Purchases of new homes in the U.S. rebounded more than anticipated in October as buyers rushed to take advantage of a government tax credit before it expired…Home values may remain…
One Of Thirty Underwater Properties New To The Market This Week
Of 83 new listings in San Francisco over the past week, 30 (36%) are either bank owned (16) or seeking a short sale (14). One such listing is for Watermark…
Mission Walk (330/335 Berry) Phase 2 Inventory/Application Scoop
Mission Walk will begin accepting applications for 66 below market rate (BMR) condos at 11AM on December 5, 2009. Despite an oversubscribed lottery last year, seven (7) three-bedrooms and fifty-nine…
Animating The Unemployment Wave And Wondering About Its Impact
As the pace of existing home purchases in U.S. picks up and the latest Case-Shiller Index twenty-city composite ticks up, a plugged-in tipster points us in the direction of a…
Recounting The Height Of The Infinity “Fire Sale” Flames
A plugged-in reader reports: “Lowest price sold 2/2 at Tower II is $535,000 for 1,187 sf. Mid 2009. All 1/1 are now gone and it is unlikely to find any…
September Case-Shiller: Bottom Tiers Up But Flat At Top For SF MSA
According to the September 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA gained 1.3% from August ’09 to September ’09, down 7.8% year-over-year and down…