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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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If Only We Didn’t Get So Nervous Every Time We Heard “Blight”

August 12, 2008

“Owners of blighted properties in could be punished for allowing their buildings to fall into disrepair, according to new legislation to be introduced today. The Department of Public Works would…

Seemingly Random

That Same House In Address Only Sells (And Gooses The $/SQFT)

August 12, 2008

In 2004 844 Bay Street (the one with the red door) was a two-bedroom single-family home of two thousand and thirty-five square feet and sold for $1,550,000 ($761 per square…

Bay Buildings Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Remodeling and Renovation

Exploring The Cost Of Renovating San Francisco’s Decrepit Piers

August 12, 2008

“In 2006, the port and the Exploratorium executed a three-year exclusive negotiating agreement in which the museum would spend nearly $100 million to repair and retrofit the decrepit piers 15-17…

Bay Buildings SocketSite Readers Report

Putting A Price On Tenant Buyouts (And On The Market): 1890 Clay

August 11, 2008

The 74 unit Clay Park Tower at 1890 Clay has been on the market for around a month (asking $39,950,000). And it’s a plugged-in tipster that provides some insight into…

New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

Cubix Yerba Buena (766 Harrison): Reader Perspective And Pricing

August 11, 2008

A plugged-in reader takes a tour of Cubix Yerba Buena (766 Harrison) and reports back: Toured Cubix this weekend. Like the architecture a lot, feels solid, natural light is great,…

Listings (for sale) New Developments RealRecentReductions

A Couple Of Recent Reductions On Properties You Might Recognize

August 11, 2008

As previously noted, 4419 19th Street returned to the market last week with the same list price of three months before. And after just five days back, said price has…

Design & Architecture

Saitowitz Scores With The Critics (But Not With Those Next Door)

August 11, 2008

From John King: As cities mature, they are shaped by the constant tension between old and new, tall and short, broad strokes and fine grain. Now there’s a fresh example…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

Eight Eight Eight On Eight Eight Oh Eight: An Auspicious Return?

August 8, 2008

From a plugged-in “tipster” when it was listed for $2,458,000 two months ago: That’s a first class job and a reasonable price in a great neighborhood. They really did everything…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

Elegant Details, Details, Details (And A New Kitchen): 666 Post #1103

August 8, 2008

We love the architectural details, and we’re suckers for a wood burning fireplace in the sky, but we do wish the new kitchen was up to par with the rest…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

We Know It’s Not Over, But We’re Calling It The Quote Of The Week

August 8, 2008

“I love it and have stalked it for years…if I thought peeing on the gate to keep other people away would help I would be on my way up the…

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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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