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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
Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Listings (for sale)

855 Folsom Apple On The Tree: Will It Be Déjà Vu All Over Again?

December 12, 2008

Purchased for $649,000 on 12/30/2005, 855 Folsom #102 is back on the market three years later and asking $649,000. Will it be déjà vu all over again?

Bay Buildings Being Green Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Transbay Park Potential: Post-Temporary Transbay Terminal (Et Al.)

December 11, 2008

You know how the site looks now. And you know how it will look for the next six years or so as home to the Temporary Transbay Terminal. But do…

New Developments

One Rincon Hill (425 First Street): Secondary Market Stumbles

December 11, 2008

Once again, the attempted flip of One Rincon Hill (425 1st Street) #1802 first hit the market seeking $1,399,000. Withdrawn and then leased (asking $5,250/mo), #1802 returned to the market…

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JustQuotes: Let’s See, Ten Percent Versus No Rent Control…

December 11, 2008

“Consultants presenting information at workshop said that under state law, landlords are allowed to pass on 10 percent of a tenant’s rent in perpetuity to pay for the cost of…

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CCSF’s Chinatown High-Rise Campus: Overcoming Objections

December 11, 2008
Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

1629-1635 Green: Selling What Could Be (If Financed And Approved)

December 10, 2008

Two homes on a double lot partially hidden behind a wall of green, the listing for 1629-1635 Green notes: “Second home has plans/paid permits ready to build for gorgeous remodel/addition…with…

Listings (for sale) New Developments RealRecentReductions Seemingly Random Trends

Chelsea Park Christmas Special (But Lump Of Coal If It’s Your Comp?)

December 10, 2008

It’s a “Christmas special!” at Chelsea Park as the list price for 3620 19th Street #26 has just been reduced to $799,000 (previously listed for $899,000). Originally asking $949,000 for…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

Assuming They Can And Will Pay, Ignoring The Collateral If They Don’t

December 10, 2008

“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage-finance companies seized by the U.S. government, are considering waiving a requirement for new appraisals on refinanced loans, their regulator said.” ∙ Fannie, Freddie…

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Transbay Transit Center Groundbreaking, Fat Mike & Infinity All In One

December 10, 2008

A plugged-in reader ties it all together: Today the City is holding a ground breaking at the site of the future temporary Transbay terminal. The coincidence is that Fat Mike‘s…

New Developments

Infinity Sales Update: New Contracts Up But Driven By Discounts

December 9, 2008

The pace of new contracts being written on that last 20% of available units in Infinity’s phase one has picked up steam recently which could be interpreted (and touted) as…

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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

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

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

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