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A reader issues a Photoshop challenge (from which we pilfer our headline). Another responds on the fly (we’re still seeking others). And the genesis: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson signaled the…
It’s not yet listed, and the website is still “offline,” but as a plugged-in reader notes a Vanguard sign has been firmly planted out front. Purchased for $725,000 in 2004,…
While no longer offering price guarantees (sign of the times one), the Esprit Park sales team is back with another offer: refundable purchase deposits (sign of the times two). When…
While 1278 Church Street closed escrow on 9/19/08 with a reported contract price of $1,368,000 ($27,000/2% under asking), the list prices on the other two new TIC’s in the building…
The tax assessor tally for San Francisco homeowners is in: 1,673 requests for property value reevaluations, 810 reductions granted (of which hopefully reader Rillion was one), and an average reduction…
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According to the National Association of Realtors, the rate of pending U.S. home resales rose 7.4% from July to August and is up 8.8% on a year over year basis.…
The San Francisco Planning Commission favored it, the Board of Supervisors approved it, and it’s now local law: no new restaurant/bar spaces in North Beach. Oh, and the bill also…
And speaking of glass walls (but definitely not glass ceilings) as well as voyeurlicious design (in more ways than one), a reader points us in the direction of St. Regis…
From Citigroup via Bloomberg: About 121,000 mortgages will reset for the first time next month, according to the Citigroup report, which looked at only securitized mortgages. About 1.8 million loans…