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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
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You Can, Can, Can (And A Grand Reduction) At 1805 Broadway

November 11, 2009

Purchased for $3,400,000 in November of 2006 (but with a bunch of work done since), the grand scale Victorian at 1805 Broadway returned to the market six days ago asking…

Fixtures & Furnishings Sales & Deals

The Early (And Plugged-In) Bird Gets These Chairs (And Couch)

November 11, 2009

Once again we can’t vouch for the inventory or prices, but we can pass along the sale scoop: local staging company KAGdesigns is holding a warehouse sale this Saturday (11/14)…

Listings (for sale)

Will It Be Lucky Number Thirteen?

November 11, 2009

13 Lucky is currently a garage, used as a warehouse, and with aspirations of one day becoming a three-story single family home (with “preliminary approval” even). Also according to the…

Coming Soon New Developments

The Re-Redevelopment On The Corner Of 3rd And 19th Streets

November 10, 2009

A year ago we brought you a few chapters in the long story for the development on the northwest corner of Third and 19th Streets. This property has been in…

Design & Architecture New Developments Rentals

From “Would” To “Will” And Moving Dirt At 2255 Third Street (A Recap)

November 10, 2009

With a government grant in hand, dirt is moving on the site of Martin Building Company’s 2255 Third Street project. Borrowing from our 2225-2255 Third Street overview last year: The…

Bubble (Or Not) Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions

Coming Up Short On Apparent Appreciation In Bernal: 3661 Folsom

November 10, 2009

Purchased for $685,000 in 2005 (10% over asking at the time), it’s a plugged-in reader that notes the buyers of the single-family Bernal house put nothing down (there’s nothing like…

Bubble (Or Not) Listings (for sale) New Developments RealRecentReductions

Three Years Later For A One Rincon Hill Townhome (And Comments)

November 10, 2009

Originally “released for sale” in March 2007 with prices “from $1.2 million to $1.8 million” for the 14 townhomes raning in size from 900 to 2,350 square feet, it was…

Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Conservation Of Crime (And Gentrification): Tenderloin To The Marina?

November 9, 2009

While the Marina exports an element to Hayes Valley, a plugged-in tipster reports that the Marina seems to be importing elements of the Tenderloin. Recently, a friend of mine living…

Coming Soon Commercial Neighborhoods

Commercial Comp (And Art Gallery Coming) On Union Street

November 9, 2009

A plugged-in tipster reports that the sale of the commercial retail condo at 2120 Union Street closed escrow on Friday with a reported contract price of $843,700 ($623 per square…

Bubble (Or Not) Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics

Speaking Of Million Dollar Foreclosures (And “Shadow Inventory”)

November 9, 2009

Purchased for $1,212,000 with ten percent down and two variable rate loans in November of 2005, 773 Rhode Island returned to the market in March of 2007 seeking $1,395,000. It…

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