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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
Neighborhoods

In The Pipeline For First And Folsom: 550-feet And 600 Units

August 8, 2008

From JK Dineen at the San Francisco Business Times: “The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency is seeking a developer to tackle a prime 600-unit residential project at First and Folsom streets,…

New Developments

Infinity Versus One Rincon Hill Sales: Strictly By The Numbers

August 8, 2008

Our number for closed units at Infinity as of four weeks ago: 208 (57%). From the Chronicle today: 225 (61%). Roughly 85% in contract or closed. Our number for closed…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

Fannie Follows Freddie (And Makes It Easy For The Copywriters)

August 8, 2008

From Bloomberg yesterday: Freddie Mac, the U.S. mortgage-finance company hobbled by record foreclosures, slashed its dividend at least 80 percent after posting a quarterly loss that was three times wider…

Neighborhoods

Eastern Neighborhoods Plan, It’s Not Just For Policy Wonks Anymore

August 7, 2008

A year ago and a decade in the making, the draft Eastern Neighborhoods Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was first published. As we wrote at the time: The plan aims to…

Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

It’s Time To Make Sunny Jim’s House Your Own (3690 21st Is Here)

August 7, 2008

Plugged-in people have known it’s coming. Now it’s here. And having taken a tour, we think it’s been worth the wait (if not only for the photos). It’s not the…

Listings (for sale) New Developments QuickLinks

QuickLinks: A Couple Of Arterra Contract Holders Seeking Assignment

August 7, 2008

∙ $539000 1 Bed, 2 year HOA paid, $7,500 toward closing ∙ $625000 Condo for sale in Mission Bay

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Trends

A Noe Valley/Glen Park Apple In The Making And Neighborhood Inquiry

August 7, 2008

Purchased for $1,150,000 in September of 2005, a sale of 254 30th Street at the current asking price ($1,250,000) would represent average annual appreciation of 2.9% over the past three…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

We’ll Wait For The Closing To See (And Know) For Sure, But…

August 7, 2008

From a plugged-in “cornbread” with respect to 4086 25th Street two weeks ago: “It’s going to need a ‘very healthy level of demand’ now to hit $2.4m in this market.”…

Apples To Apples

It’s A Good Thing Those Bank Owned Comps Don’t Matter, Right?

August 6, 2008

Let’s go straight to the SocketSite “apple in the making” archives: Two months ago we noted the “Newest Comp For A Two-Bedroom Condo At 246 2nd Street” when the bank…

QuickLinks

QuickLinks: That Mischievous Little Freddie Is At It Again

August 6, 2008

∙ Freddie Posts Loss, Cuts Dividend as Slump Deepens ∙ Pimco’s Gross Says U.S. Will Rescue Fannie, Freddie

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    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…

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