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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

A Freshly Picked Apple In Our Basket For The Beacon (250 King #266)

February 20, 2009

The bank owned sale of 250 King Street #266 closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $620,000. And yes, that’s 3.3% “over asking!” in industry speak. And likely…

Being Green Editorial Neighborhoods

Entitlement Extensions? We Say Yes, But With A Green Twist…

February 20, 2009

From J.K. Dineen with respect to many of those recently cleared but undeveloped lots now dotting the landscape in San Francisco: With residential and commercial construction stuck in a deep…

Rentals Trends

A Rental Market Anecdote From A Plugged-In San Francisco Hipster

February 20, 2009

From a plugged-in hipster’s comment: I have rentals in SF and though it’s still pretty easy to fill a vacancy here, the prices are softening. I just re-rented a condo…

Listings (for sale)

Bank Owned Single-Family Fixer On The Border In Bernal (75 Bronte)

February 20, 2009

The bank bought it back last September for $600,000. And with a tax assessed value of $27,691 at the time, we’re guessing a bit of “ghost equity” might have been…

Trends

San Francisco Recorded Sales Activity In January: Down 21.8% YOY

February 19, 2009

According to DataQuick, recorded home sales volume in San Francisco fell 21.8% on a year-over-year basis last month (229 recorded sales in January ’09 versus 293 sales in January ‘08)…

New Developments Rentals

Mosaica 601 On The Market And Affordable Rental Applications Soon

February 19, 2009

While the market rate condos for the city block now known as Mosaica 601 are on the market (listed under 601 Alabama), pre-applications for 85 of the affordable apartments will…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

Details And Limits On The Fed’s Foreclosure Plan Begin To Emerge

February 19, 2009

“Only about 50 percent to 60 percent of securitized prime jumbo or Alt-A loans meet the loan-modification standards requiring borrowers to live in mortgaged properties and owe no more than…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale)

A Potential Single-Family Apple Atop Potrero Hill: 1409 20th Street

February 19, 2009

It’s a single-family “No. slope” Potrero Hill home with two bedrooms, a split bath, one car parking and “lower level & attic expansion potential!” There’s a deck with urban views…

Apples To Apples

An Apple With An Asterisk? (651 27th Street Closes Escrow)

February 18, 2009

The sale of 651 27th Street over in Noe Valley officially closed escrow today with an MLS reported contract price of $1,195,000. That being said, we have a feeling an…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

Dear Diary, San Francisco Sure Has Changed For Royal Real Estate…

February 18, 2009

As a plugged-in sleepiguy notes, 2601 Lyon is back on the MLS and listed for $6,399,500 (versus $8,250,000 last August). Once again, purchased for $5,750,000 in March of 2000 and…

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

  2. 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…

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

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

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  5. 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 -…

  6. 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…

  7. Brahma (incensed renter) on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

    And 12 years and 8 months later, brought to market asking $35 million only to be removed 122 days after…

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