After And Before And Asking 25% More: 632 El Camino Del Mar Redux
Inside Villa Vecchia (632 El Camino Del Mar) after its renovation, a few new baths, and return to the market asking an even $10,000,000. And inside Villa Vecchia before when…
Effective San Francisco MSA Residential Rents Lead U.S. Decline
Effective residential rents in large apartment buildings in the San Francisco MSA declined 2.8% in the first quarter of 2009, the sharpest recorded decline amongst the top 79 U.S. markets.…
A Non-Planning Related Shadow Study: Unaccounted For Foreclosures
Carolyn Said takes a stab a calculating the Bay Area’s “shadow inventory” of foreclosure homes – propeties that have already been foreclosed upon but have not yet been registered in…
It’s Three Weeks Later And They’re Still Asking Three Point Two
As a tipster notes, Matier & Ross have caught up to the Newsom news that a plugged-in reader reported last month, namely that the Mayor’s Bellaire Tower penthouse condo is…
The Income Might Look Interesting But Don’t Neglect The Principal(s)
We can’t vouch for the quality of the stated “$7,000” per month rent roll nor the legality of all three units (the listing notes “with permit” but then features only…
Hunters Point Redevelopment Architecture To Mimic Mission Bay
The architectural stylings for the redevelopment of Hunters/Candlestick Point have been revealed. And based on the proposed designs for the “model” blocks, think Mission Bay: One of the blocks, on…
1470 Noe Closes For 100% Of Asking (But $25,000 Less Than In 2005)
It’s true, we missed it when the apples to apples sale of 1470 Noe recently closed escrow (hey, it happens). But luckily a reader calls us out (and we’d expect…
830 El Camino Del Mar Moves Away From 2008 And Closer To 2002
As a plugged-in reader notes, the asking price for 830 El Camino Del Mar has been reduced for the third time since being listed (for the twelfth time) two months…
Mortgage Rates Are Down But Are The “Bad Ways” Picking Back Up?
From a plugged-in reader refinancing a home up in Portland: We just signed on our refinance (4.625% for 1 point) and we were talking to a woman who worked at…
Mo’ Mansions On A Monday Morn: 1037 Church Street (The “Hulse”)
It’s another turn of the century San Francisco mansion (this time the “Hulse”) that’s been renovated and modernized but manages to maintain a bit of its period flair. Purchased for…