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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
Commercial Neighborhoods New Developments

Millennium Tower (301 Mission) Update: Timing, Kitchen(s) And Bath

April 1, 2009

Millennium Tower has received their Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO), closings will commence on April 7th, and residents will start moving in on the 20th. In terms of the restaurant…

Real Estate Economics SocketSite Readers Report Trends

A Plugged-In Perspective On The Local Economics Of Medicine

April 1, 2009

A plugged-in reader’s perspective on the local economics of medicine: I wanted to comment on the economic decline and which groups are affected. Some sources talk about the medical field…

Bay Buildings Coming Soon

The Toy Factory Lofts (1 Rausch) In General, Loft H In Specific

April 1, 2009

Constructed in 1909 and converted to residences in 1997, 1 Rausch (a.k.a. Toy Factory Lofts) is home to eight (8) loft condominiums with underground parking off of Howard. At over…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Real Estate Economics

JustQuotes: FIFO Not LIFO For The San Francisco Economy?

April 1, 2009

“ continues to struggle through an economic recession that has gutted revenue from property taxes and other sources. Newsom said that property tax revenues, which had been climbing 11 percent…

SocketSite Readers Report Trends

Talking About TIC Activity Or The Lack Thereof: 3175 California Closes

April 1, 2009

A plugged-in reader reports on the sale of 3175 California, a two (plus) bedroom, two bath and 1,140 square foot TIC on the border between upper and Lower Pacific Heights:…

Trends

January S&P/Case-Shiller: San Francisco MSA Decline Accelerates

March 31, 2009

According to the January 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 4.4% from December ’08 to January ’09 and fell 32.4% year-over-year.…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods Seemingly Random

Apples To Apples (But Likely No Longer 5% Down): 4174 26th Street

March 30, 2009

On April 13, 2004 4174 26th Street in the heart of Noe Valley sold for $829,000. The buyer put 25% down. Two years later it sold for $995,000. The buyer…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

San Francisco General Hospital: Latest Renderings And Overview

March 30, 2009

It’s a plugged-in tipster that forwards the latest renderings for the San Francisco General Hospital addition and directs our attention to the Webcor overview: The 448,000 sq ft steel moment…

Neighborhoods

The Embarcadero Exploratorium’s Most Excellent Draft EIR Update

March 30, 2009

“A draft environmental review for failed to find any major problems, and a final report could be complete by the end of June….Even the notoriously strict agencies that govern what…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Trends

SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Update: 3/30/09

March 30, 2009

Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco rose 3.3% over the past two weeks (versus an average of 4.7% for the same two week period…

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    I completely agree, and if you're looking for a natural test of whether or not the extremely heated market dynamics…

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on 141 Below Market Rate Modular Studios Even Closer to Reality

    We now have two more recent data points. Tahanan Supportive Housing (at 833 Bryant St.) completed in winter 2021, was…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Beaux Arts Beauty Suddenly Back on the Market

    Maybe the seller knew what they had, didn't want to take a more than $1 million haircut and was willing…

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    The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin #705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…

  5. Aaron Goodman on Parkmerced: From The Plans To Develop, To The Plans To Preserve

    Gabriel Metcalf should apologize, 6 national organizations signed a memo against the destruction of Parkmerced, and to date they have…

  6. Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…

  7. The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…

  8. Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…

  9. Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

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