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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
Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments

A Contextual Massing For Transbay Block 8 And Its Environs

March 18, 2009

You knew it was in the pipeline and you’ve seen the RFP (to which three responded and will compete), now we treat the plugged-in people to an exclusive massing for…

Industry Stuff Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

A Tighter Fannie…For Condo Mortgages

March 18, 2009

“ stopped guaranteeing mortgages in condo buildings where fewer than 70% of the units have been sold, up from 51%. In addition, the company won’t back loans for sales in…

Coming Soon Design & Architecture New Developments

We Gave You The Jump, Now Some New Renderings: 3119 Harrison

March 18, 2009

The website for the Dawson&Clinton two-unit building rising at 3119 Harrison is live, and we’re digging what we see. Full-floor (or near full-floor) master suites with modern baths. Two other…

Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics Rentals

From Coming Soon To On The Market To Up For Rent: 1391 Clayton

March 18, 2009

On the market last October asking $2,795,000 and then relisted in January for $100,000 less, 1391 Clayton has hit Craigslist as a rental asking $7,500 per month. We’ll let you…

Being Green Neighborhoods New Developments Remodeling and Renovation

Rehabilitating Rather Than Razing Building 101 At Hunters Point

March 18, 2009

Rather than razing Building 101 and relocating the artist studios within as part of Lennar’s redevelopment of Hunters Point Shipyard, the former Navy fallout shelter (and piece of “The Point“)…

Breaking News Commercial Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Board Of Supervisors Uphold Appeal Of Babylon By The Bay Approval

March 17, 2009

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has spoken, and the appeal of the Planning Commission’s approval for 110 Embarcadero has been upheld. Next up, an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). ∙…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale)

A “Prime” Bernal Heights Apple With “Plans” On the Tree: 84 Anderson

March 17, 2009

A plugged-in tipster points out 84 Anderson, a “Prime Bernal Heights” apple on the tree, and pretty much writes our post: Purchased in 2004 for $750,000 with 5% down…on the…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Neighborhoods

JustQuotes: The Martyrdom Of 1268 Lombard In the Making?

March 17, 2009

“The demolition of an 1861 building on Russian Hill is an example of what San Francisco officials say is a serious problem: Hundreds of owners are letting residential properties deteriorate…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

4214 26th Street: A Nicely Remodeled Noe Valley Apple On The Tree

March 17, 2009

We’re digging the decks and all the access to the outdoors of this nicely remodeled Noe Valley home. Oh, and the sweet master suite (we have a thing for spacious…

Apples To Apples Bubble (Or Not) Seemingly Random Trends

The SocketSite Reality Check For CBS’s Infamous “42 Offer” Home

March 16, 2009

While we’ve already debunked the CBS report that a recent uptick in home sales activity is a sign of a “serious real estate rebound” in San Francisco (we’ll call it…

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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…

  2. 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…

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

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

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  5. 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…

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

    Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…

  7. Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price

    Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

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