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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 Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

A Million Dollar (Plus) Remodel Of A Multi-Million Dollar Floor Plan

February 5, 2009

It’s a coveted three-bedroom St. Regis “E” plan (the Gores have one a little higher) that’s been completely remodeled and reconfigured (at a budget of over $1,500,000) to live as…

Real Estate Economics

Proposed $15,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit Clears The U.S. Senate

February 5, 2009

A homebuyer tax credit of up to $15,000 has passed in the U.S. Senate. Unlike the current $7,500 tax credit for first-time buyers, as proposed this credit would be available…

Commercial Trends

Jones Lang LaSalle Office Outlook For San Francisco And The Valley

February 5, 2009

The Jones Lang LaSalle outlook for office space in San Francisco: Downsizing companies paired with sluggish tenant demand will cause downward pressure on rental rates to gain momentum in 2009.…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

A Quick Change Of Expectations Strategy Price Up On The Gold Coast

February 4, 2009

After four days on the MLS the list price for 2712 Broadway up on San Francisco’s Gold Coast has been reduced from $9,495,000 to $7,750,000. It’s a big house with…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

Welcome to 104 “Wonderful” Laidley (And A Lot Of Green)

February 4, 2009

Painted ladies and Tales of the City hillside abodes don’t have a monopoly on homes that scream old school San Francisco (if not only in the address, and in a…

Design & Architecture New Developments

One Rincon Hill 53rd Floor “Showhouse” Coming In March September

February 4, 2009

From the Design San Francisco conference agenda for Friday: “Meet the panel of experts who are designing four condominiums — the entire 53rd floor — of the prestigious One Rincon…

New Developments RandomRumors Seemingly Random SocketSite Readers Report

SocketSite Reader’s Report: An Old Infinity Lockup Glitch?

February 4, 2009

As always, reader’s comments with regard to contracts, legal matters and investments should always be seen as a potential starting point for a conversation with a qualified professional rather than…

Bay Buildings Seemingly Random

Exposed Brick, Trusses, And Sales Price: 400 Spear Street #205

February 4, 2009

Asking just over $600 a square foot when we featured it in December ($875,000), Harbor Lofts (400 Spear) #205 closed escrow for a reported $588 a square foot ($845,000) two…

Bay Buildings New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

Infinity Tower Two: “Starting From The Mid $500,000s” This Weekend

February 3, 2009

A whole host of plugged-in tipsters note that Infinity’s second tower officially opens to the public this weekend. 42 stories, 285 new condominiums, and as every tipster so far has…

Bay Buildings Rentals SocketSite Readers Report

The Scoop: Archstone-Smith Negotiating To Acquire Argenta (1 Polk)

February 3, 2009

The SocketSite scoop three months ago: the 179-unit Argenta (1 Polk) was on the market as an apartment building (constructed as condos). The scoop today: according to a plugged-in tipster,…

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Recent Reader Activity
  1. 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…

  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

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

  4. 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…

  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…

  8. Notcom on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year

    I would diagnose this type of disconnect: Ass Burgher's Syndrome

  9. Brahma (incensed renter) on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year

    Yes. You correctly understood the schtick. Business people can make up all kinds of rationalizations for their pecuniary interests that…

  10. Daniel on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

    The Chron has some numbers to put to this: They just published a rundown of office occupancy by largest tenants.…

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