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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
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JustQuotes: And We’ll Add Agents And Investors

December 2, 2008

“This is San Francisco’s newest frontier: the east edge of Mission Bay, a redevelopment district that has advanced in fits and starts for 20 years. The gap-toothed topography doesn’t signal…

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Fourteen Months Four Days On The Market For 7 Gaviota Way

December 2, 2008

Purchased for $933,000 in June of 2007 and then immediately remodeled (think new kitchen and bath on the main floor plus two new bedrooms and baths below), 7 Gaviota Way…

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48 Langton: Not “Official” Inventory (But On The Market Nonetheless)

December 1, 2008

Three new condos touting “green features” like recycled insulation and tank-less hot water heaters sprouted up at 48 Langton. Two car tandem parking per unit (keep it green with two…

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QuickLinks: While The Cost Of Capital Drops, Availability Does As Well

December 1, 2008

∙ Treasury Yields Drop to Record Lows as Bernanke Cites Buybacks ∙ U.S. Consumers Seen Facing ‘Liquidity Squeeze’

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1342 Shrader Is Sold (And Perhaps Some Expectations Are Adjusted)

December 1, 2008

A pocket listing at $3,500,000 in April, listed on the MLS for $2,985,000 in October, and subsequently reduced to $2,585,000, the sale of 1342 Shrader closed escrow today with a…

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Harding Theater (616 Divisadero): Developer Throwing In The Towel?

December 1, 2008

Last week a plugged-in tipster noted for sale signs had been hung, and this weekend 616 Divisadero (a.k.a. the Harding Theater) hit the MLS listed for $4 million. In the…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

Victorian Through And Through (For The Most Part): 908 Steiner

December 1, 2008

908 Steiner appears to be Victorian through and through (except perhaps the kitchen). And unfortunately without a place to park the buggy. ∙ Listing: 908 Steiner (4/3.5) – $1,950,000

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Trends

JustQuotes: A Short Sale Narrative That Sounds Awfully Familiar

December 1, 2008

“Here’s the common narrative: A home goes on the market as a short sale – priced at less than is owed on the mortgage, so the lender must approve any…

Trends

SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Update: 12/01/08

December 1, 2008

Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco fell 8.6% over the past two weeks (versus an average of 11% over the same time two weeks…

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Warm Thoughts Of A Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner (2008 Edition)

November 26, 2008

We’re making it Thanksgiving time tradition: a recent reduction (listed on 11/06 for $1,175,000, reduced to $1,098,000 on 11/21) and a gorgeous old stove. Here’s to hoping your pantry is…

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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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