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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
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An Agent’s Take On Yesterday’s Brokers Tour Traffic In San Francisco

October 15, 2008

“It was dead out there today…the only places that had a lot of traffic were those that offered free food.” UPDATE: And from a reader: Matches my experience last Sunday.…

Listings (for sale)

Up For Auction With No Reserve! (But A Starting Bid Of $288,000)

October 15, 2008

We don’t know who’s going to be doing the actual auctioning. And we can’t vouch for the unit or its relative value. But according to the listing for 1357 9th…

Seemingly Random

If Yesterday Was Tomorrow Than What’s The Day After Today?

October 15, 2008

Sorry folks, but “tomorrow’s on-topic post” as alluded to on Monday didn’t get published yesterday and might not even make it online today. If it doesn’t, we’ll be holding off…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Rentals

Apples To Apples At Watermark And What Would (Or Will) You Do?

October 14, 2008

From a plugged-in reader: I just noticed that unit 4C at the Watermark is now being listed on craigslist for rent @ $4300 a month. It’s still on the market…

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RandomRumors: McGuire Real Estate/Urban Bay Properties In Talks

October 14, 2008

The Rumor: McGuire Real Estate has purchased Urban Bay Properties. The Reality: They are in talks but a deal has yet to be done (although it’s currently looking more likely…

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A Japanese Styled Home (And Market As Well?)

October 14, 2008

The Japanese influenced 121 Edgehill Way has fallen out of contract and its list price reduced to $1,195,000. As a plugged-in reader previously noted, “sold for $1,195,000 in February of…

New Developments

The Infinity’s “New Financing Program”: 10% Seconds

October 14, 2008

A plugged-in tipster passes along an announcement of a “new financing program” at The Infinity: “90 percent financing for well-qualified buyers on most homes.” A bit of the fine print…

New Developments RealRecentReductions

Homes on Esprit Park Update: Another Round Of Reductions

October 14, 2008

In addition to rolling out (mostly) refundable purchase deposits, it appears that the Homes on Esprit Park sales office has rolled out another round of reductions as well. The list…

Industry Stuff Trends

While Seasonality Is In Effect, That’s Not What This Is About

October 14, 2008

As we wrote two weeks ago: …based on our calculations, the number of new contracts written for listed properties in the fourth week of September was down roughly 25% as…

Trends

SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Update: 10/13/08

October 13, 2008

Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco continued to climb over the past two weeks, is flirting with the 1,800 units mark, and is currently…

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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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