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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
Coming Soon Neighborhoods New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

The Grove Heading To Hayes Valley

November 9, 2009

As the scaffolding is stripped from the mixed-use development at the corner of Franklin and Hayes (231 Franklin), a plugged-in reader delivers the scoop on what’s heading into that corner…

As Proposed Commercial Neighborhoods

Whole Foods On Stanyan At Haight (Less 62 Condos) Has Its Lease

November 9, 2009

As we reported via a plugged-in tipster in May: “The other half had a storewide meeting at Whole Foods last night. It was told to them that the has been…

Trends

High-End Foreclosures Swimming Against A Slowing Low-End Stream

November 9, 2009

It’s a story on a trend that shouldn’t catch any truly plugged-in readers by surprise: foreclosures are heading upstream. And while the raw numbers remain relatively small as compared to…

Bay Buildings RandomRumors Remodeling and Renovation Seemingly Random SocketSite Readers Report

The Captain’s House Goes For To A Cruise?

November 6, 2009

It appears an apology is in order. Last month a plugged-in reader reported that 300 Sea Cliff had sold for $16,363,569 on 9/10/2009 to which we replied: Sorry, but we…

Bubble (Or Not) Commercial Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

Half-Price Sale For (Mostly Vacant) Class A Commercial Continues

November 6, 2009

“Prudential Real Estate Investors is in contract to sell the to Shorenstein for $170 a square foot , a 56 percent drop from the $385 a square foot or $56.9…

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1381 Sanchez: Redesigned, Remodeled And Now Double The Size

November 6, 2009

Purchased for $1,005,000 in May 2008 (asking $899,000 at the time), 1381 Sanchez returns to the market with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and 2,200 square feet (1,094 before). Now asking…

Trends

U.S. Unemployment At 10.2 Percent, Five Tenths Above San Francisco

November 6, 2009

“The unemployment rate in the U.S. soared to a 26-year high of 10.2 percent in October and employers cut more jobs than forecast, underscoring why Federal Reserve policy makers say…

Bay Buildings New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

Behind The Door Of 25 Hotaling (And The Street)

November 6, 2009

Down the alley from Villa Taverna and above Aventine, what was once a “bathhouse, saloon, warehouse and denim overall factory” is now the nine condos of 25 Hotaling Place. Originally…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Listings (for sale)

The (Eichler) Summit Of 999 Green Street #2802

November 5, 2009

According to a plugged-in tipster, the three-bedroom Eichler Summit #2802 was purchased “off the market” (unlisted on the MLS) for $2,500,000 in October of 2008. And the sale price might…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Details To Augment Designs For “CityPlace” (935-965 Market Street)

November 5, 2009

Augmenting the designs we brought you a year ago, the Draft Environmental Impact Report for 935-965 Market Street (a.k.a. “CityPlace“) is now online with all its gory details. The building…

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