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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
Breaking News New Developments

Infinity Tower I Sold Out, Tower II At 70 Percent, 85 Percent Overall

November 23, 2009

From the sales office at The Infinity: The Infinity San Francisco, a 650-unit luxury condominium development by Tishman Speyer, announced today that its 237-unit Tower I is 100 percent closed…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Remodeling and Renovation

The Credits Roll On The 2009 Sale Of Marquee Lofts #708 (And #605)

November 23, 2009

Marquee Lofts (151 Alice B. Toklas Place) #708 first changed hands on 9/30/04 for $607,500; sold on 10/05/06 for $865,000 (having been upgraded); and was bought back by Merrill Lynch…

Real Estate Resources

San Francisco’s 2010 Condominium Conversion Lottery Kicks Off

November 23, 2009

Ticket sales for the 2010 Condominium Conversion Lottery kicked off this morning and will run through 4:45 PM on Friday, January 22, 2010. The drawing for the rights to convert…

Trends

Pace Of U.S. Existing Home Purchases Up 23.5 Percent YOY

November 23, 2009

The pace of existing U.S. homes purchases hit a 6.1 million annual rate in October, up from a 5.54 million pace in September and up 23.5 percent on a year-over…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The 1645 Pacific Project: Latest Designs (And Neighbors’ Concerns)

November 23, 2009

The latest designs for the 1645 Pacific Avenue project we first introduced you to 21 months ago are now online. As proposed, 1645 Pacific (currently two stories and 30 feet)…

Bubble (Or Not) Listings (for sale)

The Beginning Or End Of This (Or The) San Francisco Short Sale Story?

November 20, 2009

Listed as a short sale for $595,000, the Lower Pacific Heights single-family (but zoned RH2) home at 2874 Bush Street sold for $675,000 in June of 2003. According to a…

Listings (for sale)

1358 Shafter Avenue: The Fastest Flip In West?

November 20, 2009

Listed with New Light Realty for $150,000 on October 12, according to the MLS the sale of 1358 Shafter closed escrow on November 19 with a reported contract price of…

Seemingly Random

Another Deja Vu All Over Again (This Time Thanks To The FHA)

November 20, 2009

Banking on appreciation with little skin in the game ($33,000 on a $963,000 purchase); counting on income from the upper unit of the Hayes Valley duplex to subsidize low carrying…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The Grand Plan For A San Francisco “Transit Center District”

November 20, 2009

The Planning Department’s draft Transit Center District Plan for the rectangle bounded by Market, Steuart, Folsom, and mid-block between 3rd and New Montgomery is now online. The plan’s five Core…

Real Estate Economics Trends

San Francisco County Unemployment Up To 9.9 Percent In October

November 20, 2009

Preliminary October labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties puts the unemployment rate at 9.9%, 8.1% and 9.1% respectively, up 0.2 percentage points in San…

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