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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 RealRecentReductions Seemingly Random

152 Banks In Bernal Heights Reduced (And Not Moving So Fast)

September 29, 2008

To recap: 152 Banks in Bernal Heights was purchased for $675,000 in July of 2005; sold in April of 2006 for $900,000; appears to have been bought back by the…

Design & Architecture New Developments SocketSite Readers Report SocketSnaps

San Francisco Rising And A Fresh Perspective On Millennium Tower

September 26, 2008

A plugged-in tipster passes along a few shots of San Francisco rising (with room to grow). And a fresh perspective on Millennium Tower (real not rendered). ∙ Four Views From…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

One Day On The Market (But You Might Have Seen This View Before)

September 26, 2008

Five months ago 175 Grand View Avenue hit the market with a list price of $1,200,000. Reduced to $1,149,000 a month later (“New price! Condo alternative!”), and then to $1,090,000…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

It’s Friday And We Can’t Pass Up A Pretty Face Façade

September 26, 2008

No real story that we know of (readers?), but it’s Friday and we simply couldn’t pass up the Colonial Revival façade. And yes, we’re choosing to ignore the buildings on…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation Seemingly Random

If Only Averages And Appreciation Were The Same Thing

September 26, 2008

93 San Pablo Avenue is a 1927 Tudor on the outside, but now bit more modern within. Purchased as a fixer for $1,260,000 seven months ago and completely overhauled, it’s…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

398 Eureka Officially Priced ($2,450,000) And Additional Photos Online

September 26, 2008

398 Eureka has officially been priced and hit the MLS with additional photos. Asking $2,450,000 (right in line with what a plugged-in Jim had heard). ∙ AIA Tour (And Architect’s)…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

Not A Perfectly Clean Apple In Bernal, But You’ll Get The Gist

September 26, 2008

After three weeks on the market the list price for 22 Coleridge on the edge of Bernal has been dropped from $599,000 to $587,000. Purchased in April of 2005 for…

Commercial Trends

Speaking Of Office Space (And Absorption) In San Francisco

September 26, 2008

Office leasing in San Francisco by the numbers and by way of the Business Times: 550,000 square feet of negative absorption in the third quarter (including 111,000 square feet in…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale)

659 Greenwich: Two For One And A Peek Inside

September 26, 2008

New construction in 2002, the four bedroom 659 Greenwich was purchased for $3,200,000. Back on the market today and asking $3,795,000. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s actually the 1800’s…

Real Estate Economics

Once Again, We’ll Simply Go With The Worst (In Terms Of The Bailout)

September 25, 2008

Perhaps it was a bit understated last week when we simply wrote “We’ll Go With Worst” (with respect to Paulson’s proposed $700 billion bailout and approach). But hey, that’s how…

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  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…

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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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