The Word On 56 South Park: Sold
From the peek to a poke to the sale of 54 South Park for a reported $3,375,000, we now have the word on 56 South Park, the roughly 2,000 square…
231 Franklin Starts To Strip Its Scaffolding
231 Franklin, the mixed-use development (32 residential condos over 6,000+ square feet of retail and 36 parking spaces) at the corner of Hayes has started to strip its scaffolding. They’re…
Fannie Mae As The Largest Lender Landlord In All The Land?
Having taken back 57,000 properties through foreclosure in the first half of 2009, “bringing its total real-estate owned inventory to 63,000 properties valued at $6 billion,” Fannie Mae is rolling…
An Under $600 Per Square Foot Two-Bedroom Comp At 235 Berry
Purchased for $950,000 in June of 2007 ($18,900 under asking at the time), 235 Berry #413 returned to the market this past April asking $789,000. Yesterday, the sale of the…
Senate Approves First-Time (And Move-Up) Homebuyer Tax Credits
The Senate has approved an extension of the $8,000 first-time homebuyers’ tax credit for homes under $800,000 through April 30; increased the income ceiling for eligibility to $125,000 for individuals…
Rent A Maybeck And Save A (25 Percent Bigger) Bundle
As we wrote in March with respect to 270 Castenada: Asking $3,890,000 and briefly in contract before being withdrawn last April , listed at $2,995,000 today. Still touting “too beautiful…
Temporary Transbay Terminal Cam And Construction Update
From the first building in June, to the first palm in August, construction on the Temporary Transbay Terminal keeps chugging along (although a bit behind schedule). Greyhound could be on…
Absolutely Stunning Indeed
From the listing: “Absolutely stunning remodeled single family house.” We’ll just have to agree. Now about Sandoval’s illegal paving legislation… UPDATE: A plugged-in reader gets the credit and we simply…
Single-Finger Sign Language From 8% Of All Registered Voters
With 100% of San Francisco precincts reporting, and a rather anemic 15.43% voter turnout at the polls (not including absentee), Proposition D to establish a special Mid-Market sign district has…
Medians Are Up, But Don’t Confuse That With Increasing “Prices”
SFGate recently ran a bit called “Is the bubble back?” highlighting a “creeping” median sales price from August to September in San Francisco as evidence of increasing prices and a…