A 2004 Comp Killer On Chester Avenue
The bank-owned sale of 126 Chester Avenue closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $505,800. And while that’s “13% over asking!” and with “Multiple Offers!” (a.k.a. “signs of…
See, Two (Shower) Heads Are Better Than One…
Agent owned and listed as a short sale, 4096 17th Street #206 was purchased for $500,000 in October of 2005 and then remodeled. And while there’s only one bedroom and…
Eminent Domain Suit Semi-Successfully Snatches Hugo Hotel
As a plugged-in reader noted a few days ago, The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency seems to have prevailed in their eminent domain action for the long-vacant Hugo Hotel on 6th…
501 Beale #12G: No Short Sale For You! (Foreclosure Instead)
Purchased for $975,000 in May of 2006, Watermark (501 Beale) #12G returned to the market this past June as a short sale with a “$500,000” list price. Taken back by…
1097 Howard #308 Shines Some Apples To Apples Style Light
The “apples to apples” sale of 1097 Howard #308 closed escrow on 9/11/09 with a reported contract price of $1,900,000. Purchased for $2,450,000 in 2007 and listed for $2,300,000 this…
SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory Update: 9/14/09
Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco increased 9.9% over the past two weeks in a typical post-Labor Day bounce. Listed inventory is currently running…
More Evidence Of A High Speed Snub For The Transbay Transit Center
Last November Judge Quentin Kopp, chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority, spoke out against extending California’s proposed high speed rail line beyond the current Caltrain station at Fourth and…
Nine Years (Including Six Of Construction) In The Making: 2935 Pacific
Purchased for $4,125,000 in the year 2000 for the lot value, the newly constructed 2935 Pacific has been nine years in the making including six years (and nearly 100 vendors…
Can’t Sell Raffle? (1240 5th Avenue Returns)
The “$2.4 million San Francisco dream home raffle” grand prize (1240 5th Avenue), which the winner of the raffle turned down in exchange for $1.8 million in cash, is back…
Oh Puck! 949 Lombard (Real World San Francisco) Facing Foreclosure
A plugged-in tipster keeps the local television theme alive with a note about the unpaid $3,715,730 mortgage balance and foreclosure filing for 949 Lombard, also known as The Real World…