Park Terrace Developer (Opus West) To File For Bankruptcy
Opus East and West (which developed Park Terrace at 325 Berry in Mission Bay) will file for federal bankruptcy protection, with Opus East expected to go the chapter 7 route…
Fannie And Freddie Boost Their LTV Limits As The Waters Deepen
“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will begin refinancing mortgages with loan-to-value ratios of as much as 125 percent,” up from the current 105 percent limit in a bid boost participation…
Are There Any Plugged-In Top Chef Aficionados In The House?
From the Craigslist post asking $12,500 per month: “NOW AVAILABLE…ONE OF A KIND MANSION…5 BEDROOMS AND 4 BATHROOMS…GOURMET KITCHEN…FAB LIVINGROOM WITH ORNATE FIREPLACE…ROOF GARDEN WITH FABULOUS VIEWS OF CITY. USED…
Behind The Old Carriage House Entrance Of The Mark Hopkins Mansion
Speaking of captain’s homes, if you’ve ever wandered around the area of what was once the Mark Hopkins Mansion, now home to the Mark Hopkins Hotel, and wondered what was…
San Francisco Retail Space Update: Vacancy Rate Up Four-ish Fold
According to Colliers International retail broker Ross Portugeis, “San Francisco’s retail vacancy rate leaped in the past year from 3 or 4 percent to 12 or 13 percent” but Portugeis…
Is The Captain’s House (300 Sea Cliff) Preparing For Another Voyage?
As we wrote in October 2007: “57 months (no not days) after first hitting the market for $23,500,000, and nine months after undergoing an $8,000,000 renovation (and subsequently raising its…
Restored Façade, Newly Constructed Interior And Muni On The Corner
It’s a restored classic façade with a newly constructed interior and plan on 21st Street. Close to Muni would be an understatement as the developers traded a new J-Church sidewalk…
Is “G” Wondering What The “F” As Well?
It’s a bit to the South but we’ve looked at it before. Purchased for $2,500,000 in November of 2005 and boasting $750,000 in upgrades since, “G’s” 356 Santana Row #306…
A New All-Time High (Or Rather Low) For U.S. Prime Delinquencies
The delinquency rate for prime mortgages over 60 days behind continued to climb from 2.4% in the fourth quarter of 2008 to 2.9% through March 31, 2009 (up from 1.1%…
April S&P/Case-Shiller: San Francisco MSA Top Tier Flatish, Others Fall
According to the April 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA gained 0.6% from March ’09 to April ’09, down 28.0% year-over-year and…