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Latest Posts

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
Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation SocketSite Readers Report

Apples To Apples (To Un-Upgraded Apples) On Mallorca In The Marina

April 29, 2009

Down in the heart of the Marina in May 2000 a three-bedroom and two-bath condo at 228 Mallorca Way changed hands for $1,100,000. According to a plugged-in tipster, the owner…

Listings (for sale) New Developments

1536 Pacific: From Coming To Coming Along To Six New Condos Here

April 29, 2009

Plugged-in people knew what was coming, how they were coming along, and now that they’re here. As a tipster notes, the six new condos at 1536 Pacific hit the open…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

A Completely Renovated And Then Remodeled 2525 Webster Returns

April 29, 2009

Purchased for $4,000,000 in July 2005, the 7,500-7,800 square foot 2525 Webster was completely renovated over the course of a year and then returned to the market asking $7,150,000 in…

Seemingly Random Trends

SocketSite’s S&P/Case-Shiller Bonus: San Francisco’s Thin Red Line

April 28, 2009

It’s a SocketSite bonus chart based on February’s S&P/Case-Shiller data for the San Francisco MSA and a chance to focus the discussion on analysis and numbers. Plotted above, the percentage…

Design & Architecture

The King Debunks Seven San Francisco Architecture Myths

April 28, 2009

John King’s list of seven San Francisco architecture myths and misconceptions: 1. This is a liberal city where anything goes 2. Everything new looks old 3. San Franciscans hate everything…

Trends

February S&P/Case-Shiller: San Francisco MSA Continues Slide

April 28, 2009

According to the February 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 3.3% from January ’09 to February ’09, down 31.0% year-over-year and…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Nice Gold Mine Hill Neighbor (And 1960’s Design Lover) Seeks Same

April 27, 2009

Designed by Fisher-Friedman Associates and constructed up in Diamond Heights as part of an “urban renewal” project in 1967, “Gold Mine Hill” is a collection of fifty-three units in four…

Bay Buildings Rentals

A Relative Value Of Two High-Rise Rentals Around $12,000 Redux

April 27, 2009

In December we featured a mid-floor three bedroom, three bath at the St. Regis with a view of One Rincon asking $11,950 a month and a high-floor two bedroom, two…

Apples To Apples Trends

Catching Up On A Few Closings And Early April Apples About Town

April 27, 2009

We hadn’t originally featured it as an apple but rather an interesting Noe Valley space and photography. But as a plugged-in reader points out, the sale of the contemporary 921…

Trends

SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Update: 4/27/09

April 27, 2009

Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco increased a nominal 0.6% over the past two weeks (versus an average gain of 7.5% for the same…

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