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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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2140 Jefferson: Apparently “Lease To Own” Wasn’t An Option For Thiel

September 23, 2009

Speaking of big homes that private equity “bought,” according to a plugged-in tipster 2140 Jefferson was home to Peter Thiel of PayPal and Clarium Capital notoriety. The twist, he was…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Remodeling and Renovation Seemingly Random

Have We Seen This Marquee Lofts (#708) Movie Before?

September 23, 2009

As we wrote in July: As a plugged-in reader notes, a fully remodeled and renovated Marquee Lofts (151 Alice B. Toklas Place) #708 has returned to the market asking $739,000…

Bay Buildings New Developments

The Numbers Behind Perkins’ Millennium Penthouse Purchase

September 22, 2009

Tom Perkins has gone public with his purchase of one of the top two Millennium Tower penthouse shells (“GPHA”). The buy by the numbers: 4,806 square feet; three bedrooms and…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

2849 Pacific: A Million Dollar (Double) “Take”

September 21, 2009

As we wrote in August: If our plugged-in tipster is correct, 2849 Pacific will be hitting the market in a couple of weeks after a “big money redo” and with…

Real Estate Economics Trends

San Francisco County Unemployment Up To 10.1 Percent In August

September 21, 2009

Preliminary August labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties puts the unemployment rate at 10.1%, 8.3% and 9.2% respectively, up 0.2 percentage points in San…

New Developments

77 Van Ness Sales Update: 90 Percent Sold

September 21, 2009

According to the sales office at 77 Van Ness, all market rate studios and two-bedrooms have sold and only five (5) one bedrooms remain. The six below market rate units…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

The Liberty Belle Is Rung Again (and by the AIA)

September 21, 2009

The agent owned 366 Liberty received a unaffiliated tipster’s ringing design endorsement in July, landed on the AIA Home Tour last week (designed by Cary Bernstein) and is officially back…

Coming Soon New Developments

The “Citadine” Flags Are Flying At 1299 Bush

September 21, 2009

The for sale flags are now flying, and a placeholder website is now up, for the 26 units of “Citadine,” previously known and chronicled as 1299 Bush. Touting “3.5% Down…

Seemingly Random

54 South Park Sells (And We Think Alpha Rather Than Beta)

September 18, 2009

As a plugged-in tipster let us know last night, the sale of 54 South Park has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $3,375,000. As far as we know…

Bubble (Or Not) Neighborhoods

You’ve Gotta Have Shouldn’t Have Had Faith: The Follow-Up

September 18, 2009

The short sale of 110 Faith Street has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $550,000 or 24% under its purchase price in October of 2005 ($720,000). From the…

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