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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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Hitting For The Heublien Building Penthouse Cycle (#PH3)

October 1, 2009

We’ve featured the Heublien Building penthouse lofts number one and two in the past, so we might as well hit for the cycle with number three (601 4th Street #PH3).…

Bubble (Or Not) Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Another Muhawieh 2007 Noe Comp Heads For The Courthouse Steps

October 1, 2009

On the market and featured on SocketSite in February of 2007, 207 Clipper closed escrow with a reported contract price of $987,000 that March. From a plugged-in “EBGuy” today: Well,…

Apples To Apples

Yesterday’s Value For 1943’s House Of Tomorrow (1599 Shrader)

October 1, 2009

The sale of the John Campbell and Worley Wong designed “House of Tomorrow” (a.k.a. 1599 Shrader) closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $1,375,000. The Parnassus Heights house…

Trends

San Francisco’s Commercial Sublease Snapshot: October 2009

October 1, 2009

According to Colliers International, 2,659,684 square feet of commercial sublease space is currently on the market in San Francisco, down a net 61,396 square feet over the past 30 days…

Listings (for sale)

If You Missed It When It Sold Five Months Ago…

September 30, 2009

As a plugged-in and ever on the luxury ball sleepiguy notes, 3570 Washington is back on the market after a five month (yes, month) hold. Purchased for a reported $5,225,000…

Remodeling and Renovation

A Glen Park Beacon (#195) And Apple Closes Escrow

September 30, 2009

While they couldn’t rent the Ross Leavy renovated 195 Beacon for $6,000 a month, they could sell it for an MLS reported $1,600,000. Asking $1,650,000 (which is what the seller…

Fixtures & Furnishings Listings (for sale) Seemingly Random

If Only They Would Be Willing To Accept Virtual Mini-Dollars As Well

September 30, 2009

Speaking of recently staged, we can’t help but notice the first attempted Millennium flip resale has received a “virtual” treatment (click photo above to enlarge). And while we applaud the…

Trends

Lemons To Lemons For Thirty Ex-Lembi Apartment Buildings

September 30, 2009

According to JK Dinnen, at least thirty (30) of the seventy-five (75) or so ex-Lembi owned San Francisco apartment buildings that had been taken back by the banks have been…

Coming Soon RealRecentReductions

Kirk Hammett’s Pacific Heights Monster Is Back (2505 Divisadero)

September 30, 2009

As we wrote in October of 2008: After an effective 1000+ days on the market, a few reductions , and a remodeling, the listing for Kirk Hammett’s Pacific Heights mansion…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings

A Fronds To Fronds Sale For The Palms (555 4th Street) #602

September 30, 2009

Purchased for $589,000 in September 2006 but then bought back by the bank in June 2009, the banked-owned re-sale of The Palms (555 4th Street) #602 closed escrow on 9/28/09…

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